Alison, William Pulteney (1790–1859), physician and social reformer, born at Boroughmuirhead near Edinburgh on 12 November 1790, was the son of Archibald Alison (1757–1839), who was in charge of the Episcopal congregation in Edinburgh as well as being a noted author, and his wife, ...
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Alison, William Pulteney (1790–1859), physician and social reformer
L. S. Jacyna
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Arnott, Neil (1788–1874), physician and public health reformer
Bill Luckin
Arnott, Neil (1788–1874), physician and public health reformer, the son of William Arnott, a manufacturer and farmer, and his wife, Ann Maclean, was born at Arbroath in Forfarshire, Scotland, on 15 May 1788. A Roman Catholic by upbringing, he was educated by his mother, at the parish school of ...
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Godber, Sir George Edward (1908–2009), physician
Stephen Lock
Godber, Sir George Edward (1908–2009), physician, was born on 4 August 1908 at 18 Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedfordshire, the eldest son in the family of seven children of Isaac Godber (1874–1957), market gardener, and his wife, Bessie Maud, née Chapman (1883/4–1957), florist. A younger brother, ...
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Hawes, William (1736–1808), philanthropist and physician
Carolyn D. Williams
Hawes, William (1736–1808), philanthropist and physician, was born on 28 November 1736 at the Thatched House tavern, midway between Astey's Row and Cross Street, Islington, the son of the landlord, Thomas Hawes. Educated first at John Shield's academy, Islington, he became a scholar at ...
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Hodgkin, Thomas (1798–1866), physician and social reformer
Amalie M. Kass
Hodgkin, Thomas (1798–1866), physician and social reformer, was born on 17 August 1798 in Pentonville, London, the third of the four sons (two died young) of John Hodgkin (1766–1845), calligrapher and teacher, and his wife, Elizabeth (1768–1833), daughter of Richard Peters Rickman and his wife, ...
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Lettsom, John Coakley (1744–1815), physician and philanthropist
J. F. Payne
revised by Roy Porter
Lettsom, John Coakley (1744–1815), physician and philanthropist, was born on 22 November 1744 at Little Vandyke, one of the Virgin Islands, West Indies, the son of Edward Lettsom, plantation owner, and his wife, Mary née Coakley. The Lettsoms were a Quaker family, originally from ...
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Moody, Harold Arundel (1882–1947), physician and founder of the League of Coloured Peoples
David Killingray
Moody, Harold Arundel (1882–1947), physician and founder of the League of Coloured Peoples, was born on 8 October 1882 at 8 Rum Lane, in Kingston, Jamaica, the eldest of six children of Charles Ernest Moody (1861–1920) and his wife, née Christina Emmeline Ellis (...
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Oliver, William (1695–1764), physician and philanthropist
Anne Borsay
Oliver, William (1695–1764), physician and philanthropist, born at Ludgvan, Cornwall, on 4 August 1695, was baptized on 27 August 1695, and described as the son of John Oliver. The suggestion that he was the illegitimate child of William Oliver (bap. 1658, d. 1716)...
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Parkes, Edmund Alexander (1819–1876), physician and hygienist
Mark Harrison
Parkes, Edmund Alexander (1819–1876), physician and hygienist, was born in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, on 29 March 1819, one of the sons of William (1788–1840) and Frances Parkes, née Byerley (1786–1842) [see under Byerley, Maria], of Warwick. His father was a textile manufacturer and his mother, the daughter of ...
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Radcliffe, John (bap. 1650, d. 1714), physician and philanthropist
Robert L. Martensen
Radcliffe, John (bap. 1650, d. 1714), physician and philanthropist, was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the son of George Radcliffe, governor of the Wakefield house of correction (1647–61) and a man of strong republican principles, and Sarah, daughter of Mr Louder, a prosperous Wakefield...
