{{Short description|American physician and surgeon}} {{Infobox person | name = John Light Atlee | image = Dr. John Light Atlee, Sr.jpg | birth_date = November 2, 1799 | birth_place = [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]] | death_date = October 1, 1885 | death_place = [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] | parents = Col. William Pitt Atlee | spouse = | occupation = | notable_works = }}
'''John Light Atlee''' (November 2, 1799 – October 1, 1885) was an American [[physician]] and [[surgery|surgeon]]. He was one of the organizers of the [[American Medical Association]], also serving as its president.<ref name=AMB>{{Cite AMB1920|wstitle=Atlee, John Light}}</ref>
==Background== Atlee was born in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], the son of [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] William Pitt Atlee. He graduated from the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine]] in 1820, after which he opened an office in Lancaster and his skill as a surgeon soon brought him into prominence.<ref name=AMB />
He helped found the Lancaster County Medical Society in 1843 and the Pennsylvania State Medical Society in 1848. He was also one of the promoters of and organizers of the [[American Medical Association]] in [[Philadelphia]]. In 1868 he became a vice president of the A.M.A., and in 1882 he served as its president. He was also [[professor]] of [[anatomy]] at [[Franklin and Marshall College]], where a dormitory now bears his name. He died in Lancaster in 1885.<ref name=AMB />
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