Dr. Edwin Thomas Painter was born at Newton, Mass., March 13, 1855.\u00a0 He lived for several years at Worcester, Mass., graduating from the State Normal School, and, in 1874, from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, receiving the degree of bachelor of science.\u00a0 He taught mathematics at the Worcester high school for three years, and then took a medical course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, which is the medical department of Columbia University.\u00a0 From this university he received his degree of M.D. in May, 1885.\u00a0 December 29 of that year he was married to Miss Lucy Scott, of Pittsburgh, Pa.\u00a0 Dr. Painter matriculated at the universities of Berlin and Vienna, and afterwards established himself as a specialist in Pittsburgh.\u00a0 In that city he was co-editor and proprietor of the Pittsburg Medical Review.<\/p>\n
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In 1890 he took further post-graduate studies in Germany, and the following year he was obliged to come west in search of health.\u00a0 He came to Redlands, and, having largely recovered his health and strength, opened an office as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.\u00a0 For the past three years he has practiced his profession continuously in Redlands, with the exception of short trips east.\u00a0 Dr. and Mrs. Painter have one son, Theodore.\u00a0 Dr. Painter is the director in the Redlands Electric Light and Power Company, and recently served for a short time as a trustee of the Redlands grammar school, declining to permit his name to be used for re-election.\u00a0 He is also interested in orange growing, having a small ranch of three acres surrounding his residence in West Redlands and a ten-acre ranch on San Mateo Street.<\/p>\n
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