Archer, John (fl. 1660–1688), medical practitioner, may have been Irish, as he speaks of having been in practice in Dublin in 1660. Nothing further is known about his origins. After leaving Ireland he lived in London, and was styled 'Chymical Physitian in Ordinary to the King...
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Archer, John (fl. 1660–1688), medical practitioner
J. F. Payne
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Brodum, William (fl. 1767–1824), quack
Edgar Samuel
Brodum, William (fl. 1767–1824), quack, claimed to have been born in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany, the son of Abraham and Caroline Brodum. This was thrown into doubt in 1805 by an article in the Medical and Physical Journal which stated that his real name was, in fact, ...
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Browne, Stanley George (1907–1986), leprologist and medical missionary
Mary E. Gibson
Browne, Stanley George (1907–1986), leprologist and medical missionary, was born on 8 December 1907 at 77 Bousefield Road, New Cross, London, the second of the five children of Arthur Browne (1874–1967), Post Office clerk, and his wife, Edith Lillywhite (1887–1927). His formal instruction started when, after much pleading, he entered ...
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Bulwer, John (bap. 1606, d. 1656), medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture
Graham Richards
Bulwer, John (bap. 1606, d. 1656), medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture, was the second and only surviving son of Thomas Bulwer (d. 1649), a London apothecary, and Marie (d. 1638), daughter of George Evanes of St Albans, Hertfordshire...
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Case, John (c. 1660–1700), astrologer and quack
Edward Heron-Allen
revised by Anita McConnell
Case, John (c. 1660–1700), astrologer and quack, was born at Lyme, Dorset, about 1660, judging from the statement in his book, The wards of the key to Helmont proved unfit for the lock, or, The principles of Mr Wm Bacon examined and refuted...
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Casson, Elizabeth (1881–1954), medical practitioner
Victoria Bates
Casson, Elizabeth (1881–1954), medical practitioner, was born at Cae Derwen, Denbigh, on 14 April 1881, the sixth of seven children of Thomas Casson (1843–1911), bank manager, and his wife, Laura Ann, née Thomas (1843–1912). The actor and theatre director Sir Lewis Thomas Casson...
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Chesterman, Sir Clement Clapton (1894–1983), medical missionary and specialist in tropical diseases
Brian Stanley
Chesterman, Sir Clement Clapton (1894–1983), medical missionary and specialist in tropical diseases, was born on 30 May 1894 at 6 Woodland Place, Bath, the fifth son of William Thomas Chesterman (1856–1923), solicitor, and the second son of his second wife, Elizabeth Clapton (1869–1952)...
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Ellis, (Henry) Havelock (1859–1939), writer and sexologist
J. Weeks
Ellis, (Henry) Havelock (1859–1939), writer and sexologist, was born on 2 February 1859 at 1 St John's Grove, Croydon, Surrey, the eldest child and only son of Edward Peppern Ellis (1827–1914), a sea captain, and his wife, Susannah Mary (1829–1888), whose father, John Wheatley...
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Evans, John (b. 1594/5?, d. in or after 1659), astrologer and medical practitioner
Bernard Capp
Evans, John (b. 1594/5
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Faulds, Henry (1843–1930), general practitioner and developer of fingerprinting
Alex Paton
Faulds, Henry (1843–1930), general practitioner and developer of fingerprinting, was born on 1 June 1843 at Beith, Ayrshire, the son of William Pollock Faulds, an impoverished grocer, and his wife, Anne Cameron. Both sides of his family were of Scottish descent. After school at ...
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Forman, Simon (1552–1611), astrologer and medical practitioner
Lauren Kassell
Forman, Simon (1552–1611), astrologer and medical practitioner, was born in Quidhampton, Wiltshire, on 31 December 1552, the fifth of the eight children of William Forman (1524–1564) and his wife, Mary (c.1505–1602), daughter of John Ratewe and Marion Hallam. His grandfather Richard Forman...
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Grace, William Gilbert [W. G.] (1848–1915), cricketer and medical practitioner
Gerald M. D. Howat
Grace, William Gilbert [W. G.] (1848–1915), cricketer and medical practitioner, was born on 18 July 1848 at Clematis House, close to the family home of Downend House, Downend, Mangotsfield, near Bristol. He was the fourth son, in a family of nine, of Dr Henry Mills Grace (1808–1871)...
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Graham, James (1745–1794), quack
Roy Porter
Graham, James (1745–1794), quack, was born the son of William Graham (b. 1710), saddler, and his wife, Jean (b. 1715), in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, on 23 June 1745. He studied medicine in the heyday of Edinburgh University under Monro primus, Cullen...
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Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason (1865–1940), medical missionary and social reformer
Ronald Rompkey
Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason (1865–1940), medical missionary and social reformer, was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, on 28 February 1865, the second of the four sons of the Revd Algernon Sidney Grenfell (1836–1887), headmaster and proprietor of Mostyn House School, Parkgate, and later chaplain of the ...
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Haire, Norman (1892–1952), medical practitioner and sexologist
Lesley Hall
Haire, Norman (1892–1952), medical practitioner and sexologist, was born Norman Zions at Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, on 21 January 1892, the eleventh and last child of Henry Zions (formerly Zajac), variously described as ‘gentleman’ and ‘tailor’, and his wife Clara, née...
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Hamilton, Margaret, Lady Belhaven and Stenton (b. in or before 1625, d. in or after 1694), royalist heroine and medical practitioner
Rosalind K. Marshall
Hamilton, Margaret, Lady Belhaven and Stenton (b. in or before 1625, d. in or after 1694), royalist heroine and medical practitioner, was the illegitimate daughter of James Hamilton, second marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625). It has been plausibly suggested that her mother was Anne...
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Hill, Charles, Baron Hill of Luton (1904–1989), doctor, politician, and broadcaster
Asa Briggs
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Hill, Charles, Baron Hill of Luton (1904–1989), doctor, politician, and broadcaster, was born in Islington, London, on 15 January 1904, the youngest in the family of two sons and a daughter of Charles Hill, maker of pianoforte parts, who died in 1906, and his wife, ...
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Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, baronet (1853–1917), medical practitioner and colonial administrator
Donal Lowry
Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, baronet (1853–1917), medical practitioner and colonial administrator, was born on 9 February 1853 at 5 Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, the youngest of eleven children of Robert William Jameson (1805–1868), writer to the signet, poet, playwright, radical freethinker, supporter of colonial settlement, and campaigner against slavery and the corn laws—and brother of ...
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Long, John St John (1798–1834), quack and painter
Marten Hutt
Long, John St John (1798–1834), quack and painter, was born at Newcastle West, co. Limerick, the second of three children of John Long and Anne St John. His father was a basket maker and handyman, and both parents were protestant. After demonstrating an ability in sketching, ...
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Loudon, Irvine Stewart Lees (1924–2015), general practitioner, medical historian, and artist
W. F. Bynum
Loudon, Irvine Stewart Lees (1924–2015), general practitioner, medical historian, and artist, was born on 1 August 1924 at 120 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, the younger son of Andrew Walker Buist Loudon (1880–1968) and his wife, Sarah Margaret Black (Morag), née Lees (...
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