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Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr 1800 – 1875

Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr 1800 – 1875 was a German lay homeopath who was very close to Samuel Hahnemann. Samuel Hahnemann sent Jahr to the University of Bonn, where he completed his medical studies.

In 1861, Jahr founded a journal in Paris which he called L’Art de Guérir (The Art of Healing).

When Samuel Hahnemann moved to Paris, Jahr moved with him. On July 2, 1843, in the City of Paris, Jahr was summoned by Madame Melanie Hahnemann to the bedside of the failing Samuel Hahnemann. Upon arriving, Jahr found Samuel Hahnemann already at his end.

Jahr was later to notify the Homeopathic community in a death notice written by him, which can be found in Volume 24 of the Journal Allgemeine Homoeopathische Zeitung, beginning with the Statement, “Hahnemann is Dead!” Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.31.2008 :: German History :: No Comments »

J Ellis Barker 1870 – 1948

J Ellis Barker 1870 – 1948 was a German lay homeopath, who settled in Britain to become the editor of The Homeopathic World (later renamed as Heal Thyself) for sixteen years.

J Ellis Barker was trained by John Henry Clarke, and he was a colleague of Joseph Chamberlain, William Arbuthnot Lane 1st Baronet, Frederick Sleigh Roberts 1st Earl Roberts, Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.31.2008 :: British History, German History :: No Comments »

The Epps Family and Homeopathy

The Epps family were in every sense a phenomenal homeopathic family, comprising several homeopathic physicians and pharmacists. Their main pharmacy was established in 1839 at Jermyn Street, SW1. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.30.2008 :: British History :: 1 Comment »

John Chapman 1821 – 1894

John Chapman 1821 – 1894 MRCP, MRCS was a British physician, author and publisher, based at 142 Strand, London.

John Chapman was an ‘invaluable enabler’ who gave the start to the careers of many famous writers.

John Chapman was the owner of the Westminster Review, which published widely on homeopathy and upon the radical new ideas of the day.

John Chapman had the tenacity to edit the Westminster Review for forty two years through countless crises, during which time the Westminster Review was the unrivaled radical periodical of its day. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.29.2008 :: British History :: 12 Comments »

The Drysdale Family and Homeopathy

The Drysdale family name is a sept of the Black and Red Douglas Clan, originating in Scotland in the mists of antiquity. There are branches of this family all over the World.

The 19th Century in England finds several members of this family practicing as homeopaths and as orthodox physicians amidst the social intelligentsia of their day. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.29.2008 :: British History :: 2 Comments »

William Darwin Fox 1805 – 1880

William Darwin Fox 1805 – 1880 was an English clergyman, naturalist, and a 2nd cousin of Charles Darwin.

It was William Darwin Fox who convinced Charles Darwin to try homeopathy and visit the establishment of James Manby Gully, ably abetted by Bartholomew Sulivan, who sailed with Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s voyage of 1836. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.28.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »

George Henry Lewes 1817 – 1878

George Henry Lewes 1817 – 1878 was an English philosopher, literary and theatre critic.

George Henry Lewes was an advocate of homeopathy and close friends with many homeopathic supporters. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Jul.28.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »

The Bronte Sisters and Homeopathy

The Bronte sisters became aware of homeopathy through their publishers, and they read homeopathic books and Charlotte was friendly with prominent homeopaths and homeopathic supporters.

The Bronte family were friends of Abraham Dixon and his family,

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Sue :: Jul.27.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »

Charles Lyell 1797 – 1875

Charles Lyell 1797-1875 was a Scottish lawyer, geologist, and protagonist of uniformitarianism. He was the foremost geologist of his day, and an influence on the young Charles Darwin.

Charles Lyell was a friend to many homeopaths and homeopathic supporters.

Charles Lyell’s father in law Leonard Horner (also a friend of Charles Darwin) took homeopathic remedies.

Charles Lyell was also related to the family of James John Garth Wilkinson, (Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin was the great grand daughter of homeopath James John Garth Wilkinson. Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin was also related to Charles Lyell through her Aunt Katherine Lyell, who was Charles Lyell’s sister in law).

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Sue :: Jul.27.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »

Paul Francois Curie 1799 – 1853

Paul Francois Curie 1799 – 1853 was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become one of the founders of homeopathy in Britain, and the Consultant Physician at the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square, and a member of the British Homeopathic Association, and the British Homeopathic Society.

Curie was a student of Samuel Hahnemann, and the homeopath of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Thomas Egerton 2nd Earl of Wilton (and of his children’s governess), and he a colleague of Francis Black Simon Felix Camille Croserio, Harris F Dunsford, Thomas Engall, John Epps, Thomas Roupell Everest, George Fearon, Richard Walter Heurtley, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Joseph Kidd, Joseph Laurie, William Leaf, William Henry Mayne, John Ozanne, Frederick Hervey Foster Quin, Samuel Thomas Partridge, Antoine Henri Petroz, Henri Petroz, Marmaduke Blake Sampson, Jean Paul Tessier Senior, Vienttinghoff,

William Charles Ellis applied to Frederick Hervey Foster Quin for more information about homeopathy, and as a result, Frederick Hervey Foster Quin sent him his colleagues Guiseppe Belluomini, Harris F Dunsford, and Paul Francois Curie to assist him at Hanwell Lunatic Asylum at William Charles Ellis’s invitation.

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Sue :: Jul.26.2008 :: British History, French History :: No Comments »

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