Henry Anderson was from Salem, Virginia.  He came to Dickinson as a junior in 1850.  A member of the Union Philosophical Society, Anderson received his bachelor of arts degree in two years, with the class of 1852.  Two years after leaving Dickinson, he earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia and went on to practice medicine in both Philadelphia and Baltimore. 

At the outbreak of Civil War, Anderson returned to his native Virginia to perform hospital duty.  He died in Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Virginia.