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John Gosnell 1823 – 1895

John Gosnell ?1823 – ?1895 was a British perfumerer at John Gosnell and Co, an advocate of homeopathy, he was a Steward at The Annual Festival in aid of the funds of the Charity, and in commemoration of the opening of the London Homeopathic Hospital in 1851,

John Gosnell lived at Highbury Place, London,

John Gosnell & Co. Ltd is still in business at Phoenix Place, North Street, Lewes, East Sussex, though in 1851 they operated from 160, Regent Street, 2 Three King Court, Lombard Street, London, and Red Bull Wharf, Angel Passage, 93 Upper Thames Street, London, Continue Reading »

Sue :: Feb.28.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

George Pettitt 1890 – 1965

George Pettitt ?1890 – ?1965 was a British lay homeopath

George Pettitt practiced in Waterloo and he made Pettitt’s Pills,

In the 1930’s a diverse range of assorted lay therapists (mostly homeopaths, herbalists, vegetarians, antivivisectionists, bonesetters, diet therapists, hydrotherapists) became active, including probably 500+ lay homeopaths (see Peter Morrell, 1995).

Most towns at that time had a herbalist and a homeopath. Leading figures of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s include Noel Puddephatt, J Ellis Barker, Rev. Harold Edgar Tyrwhitt, Leslie J Speight, Edward W Cotter, Arthur Jenner (born c1916), Frank Parker Wood, Eric F W Powell (c1895-1991), George Pettitt (c1890-c1965), Harry Benjamin (c1890-c1950), Darnell Cooper and Edwin D W Tomkins.

Sue :: Feb.27.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

George Chaplin Holroyd 1790 – 1871

George Chaplin Holroyd 1790 – 1871 was a British soldier who served in the British East India Military Service, a Banker on his return to England, and an advocate of homeopathy, he was on the Management Committee of the Exeter Homeopathic Dispensary, Continue Reading »

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Edward C Hamlyn 1937 – 2007

Edward C Hamlyn ?1937 – 2007 MD, ChB, MRCGP, was a British orthodox physician, a Life and Founder Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (Tamar Faculty Office), Member of the Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights, Physician with the International Allergy Testing Center UK, President of the British Association for Monetary Reform, Adherent of Sociology and Dianetics, who converted to homeopathy, Editor of The Homeopathic World alongside Phyllis Speight,

Hamlyn was a Plymouth GP, and he lived at East Grinstead in Sussex, and at Rutt House Ivybridge Devon, Continue Reading »

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Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell 1917 – 2009

Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell 1917 – 2009, was a British composer and teacher, Music Consultant for the BBC North American Service, Professor of Composition at Trinity College of Music, Lecturer at the Royal Ballet School, Editor of ‘The Composer, Chairman and Vice President of the Composers Guild of Great Britain, Visiting Fulbright Professor to Bowdoin College in Maine and Hofstra University in New York, Music Director London International Film School,

In 1938, Arnell married married Charlotte Augusta Cronin Lowe, the daughter of Edward Cronin Lowe, a notable homeopathic surgeon, and the inventor of the concept of the bloodbank. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Feb.27.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

Alfred Orlando Jones 1838 – 1896

Alfred Orlando Jones 1838 – 1896 LM, MRCS England 1864, MD Mariach College University Aberdeen 1864, RCGP 1864, was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, Physician to the Caledonian Fire and Life Insurance Company, Member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Member of the Statistical Society of London, Member of the British Homeopathic Society, Physician to the Bromley Homeopathic Dispensary,

Orlando Jones was the first homeopath to use Cactus Grandiflorus,

Orlando Jones was married to Frederica Georgiana Kinnaird, the daughter of Arthur Fitzgerald 10th Lord Kinnaird,

Orlando Jones practiced at Grange House, Widmore Road, Bromley,

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Sue :: Feb.26.2010 :: British History :: 2 Comments »

Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834 – 1892

Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834 – 1892 was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the “Prince of Preachers”.

Spurgeon was a patient of Joseph Kidd, and he was a vegetarian,

In 1891, allopathic physicians refused to attend Spurgeon during an illness, because his usual physician was a homeopath, Continue Reading »

Sue :: Feb.25.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes 1883 – 1946

John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes, CB 1883 – 1946 was a British economist whose ideas have been a central influence on modern macroeconomics,

Maynard Keynes attended a small village primary school run by family neighbours W H F Johnson and his family, who were advocates of homeopathy and frequent visitors to the Keynes family home. Willy Johnson junior was a colleague of Maynard’s father, John Neville Keynes who would often spend evenings playing chess with  W H F Johnson.

Maynard Keynes wife, Lydia Lopokova had an affair with Igor Stravinsky (who was reared on homeopathic remedies, as his parents always kept a cupboard containing aconite and belladonna and ‘other such remedies’, to which Stravinsky would often ‘help himself’).

Lydia Lopokova was also a friend of Pablo Picasso (who took homeopathic remedies regularly), and Herbert George Wells (who recommended homeopathic treatment for his wife Jane when she was ill with cancer, and who was a friend of Mary Everest Boole, the daughter of homeopath Thomas Roupell Everest),

Maynard Keynes was a friend of Virginia Woolf,

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Sue :: Feb.25.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

George Henry Harrington 1852 – 1910

George Henry Harrington ?1852 – ?1910 was the founder of the shipping company G H Harrington & Co, who was an advocate of homeopathy and  Treasurer of the East End Homeopathic Dispensary,

G H Harrington & Co offered a direct steam route from England to Australia, via the Cape of Good Hope,

G H Harrington lived at 5 Billiter Square, London EC, Continue Reading »

Sue :: Feb.24.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet 1837 – 1919

Sir John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet PC 1837 – 1919 was an English Conservative Party politician, MP for East Devon and Honiton for nearly 40 years, Privy Counsellor in 1897, Father of the House of Commons 1908 – 1910, and he was an advocate of homeopathy, President and a Member of the Management Committtee of the Exeter Homeopathic Dispensary,

John Kennaway was the brother in law of Edward Cronin, one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement and a pioneer of homeopathy in England, Continue Reading »

Sue :: Feb.24.2010 :: British History :: No Comments »

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