Daniel David Palmer

Professionally edited encyclopedia biography of D.D. Palmer, fetched directly 31 August 2026. Confirms: born 7 March 1845 in Pickering, Canada West; died 20 October 1913 in Los Angeles, official cause typhoid fever; pre-chiropractic occupations including teaching and beekeeping; founded the Palmer School of Chiropractic in 1897; prosecuted in 1906 in Iowa for practicing medicine without a license and briefly jailed; his son B.J. Palmer bought and took over the school afterward; D.D. went on to found other chiropractic schools in California, Oregon, and Oklahoma; and that the Palmer School survives to date. Also documents Palmer's stated religious/spiritual framing of chiropractic ('received chiropractic from the other world').