Biographies2022-09-05T16:57:24+00:00

Explore our extensive database of over 1000 articles incorporating biographies of those who have influenced homeopathy over the years. Compiled by leading homeopathic expert Sue Young, with additional contributions from medical historian Dr Mel Draper. The biographies have been kindly donated by Sue Young and originally appeared on sueyounghistories.com.

King, Charles Joseph Berry (1803 – 1869)

Malvern, St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica Source: Realtor.com Charles Joseph Hungerford Berry King M.D. M.A. (5 September 1803 – 14 April 1869) was an Anglican clergyman who left the Church and converted to Catholicism. [...]

Kittoe, William Hamilton (1795 – 1846)

William Hugh Edward Hamilton Kittoe L.A.C. (4 January 1795 – August 1846) was a British physician and surgeon who later converted to homeopathy. Kittoe specialized in diseases of women. William Kittoe was one of the [...]

Knowles, George Stevenson (1820 – 1861)

George Stevenson Knowles M.D. (1818 – 13 April 1861) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. In addition to his homeopathic private practice in Wolverhampton, Knowles held an appointment as house surgeon at [...]

Laurie, Joseph (1814 – 1865)

Joseph Laurie M.D. (13 June 1814 – 10 December 1865) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), graduate of the Homeopathic Medical College of [...]

Lawrence, Joseph (1808 – 1900)

Joseph Lawrence M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (January 1808 – 30 January 1900), was an orthodox surgeon who converted to homeopathy. He served as president of the Midland Homoeopathic Society and was a founder and consulting surgeon at [...]

Lewin, Octavia Margaret Sophia (1869 – 1955)

Octavia Margaret Sophia Lewin (1869-1955) Octavia Margaret Sophia Lewin MB, BS (London) 1896, MD (Chicago) (2 February 1869 – 27 December 1955) was a Registrar and Assistant Physician at the Royal London Homeopathic [...]

Lincoln, Abraham (1809 – 1865)

Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) was a lawyer, politician, abolitionist, and the 16th President of the United States, in office from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Although born into poverty [...]

Lippe, Adolph (1812 – 1888)

Adolph Graf zur Lippe Biesterfeld Weissenfeld M.D. (11 May 1812 – 23 January 1888) was a singular homeopath and one of the first graduates of homeopathy in America. Lippe taught alongside Constantine Hering at the [...]

Luther, Charles William (1810 – 1876)

Charles William Luther (Carl/Karl/Karrol Wilhelm) (26 September 1810 – 5 October 1876) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, and he was one of the first people to introduce homeopathy to Ireland in [...]

Lux, Johann Joseph Wilhelm (1776 – 1849)

Johann Joseph Wilhelm Lux M.D. (6 April 1776 – 29 January 1849), was a German veterinary surgeon at the University of Leipzig who converted to homeopathy. Lux was a member of the Homoeopathischer Centralverein. Lux [...]

Lyschinski, Adam (1805 – 1893)

Adam Lyschinski (Lyschinske/Lynchinski/Lyszczynski/Lyschinsky) M.D. L.R.C.S. (c. 1805 – 12 March 1893) was a Polish immigrant to Britain, an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Edinburgh Homeopathic Dispensary at 5 [...]

MacDonald, William (1797 – 1875)

William Macdonald Source: University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums William MacDonald M.D. F.R.S.E. F.L.S. F.G.S. (21 March 1797 – 1 January 1875) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to [...]

MacKintosh, Charles Hills (1808 – 1893)

Charles Hills MacKintosh M.D. M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. L.S.A. (14 February 1808 – 13 March 1893) 10th Laird of Dalmunzie, was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Physician at the Torquay Homeopathic Dispensary, [...]

Mackover, Joan Natalie Ruben (1921 – 1972)

Joan Natalie Mackover (Ruben) M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. R.C.P.S. (17 August 1921 – 18 June 1972) was of Jewish Polish descent, and she was an homeopath at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. She was one of [...]

MacLimont, Robert (1823 – 1865)

Robert MacLimont M.D. M.R.C.S L.M. (c.1823 – 8 February 1865) was a Scottish-born orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. In his early career MacLimont was physician to the New York Dispensary and Physician Accoucheur to [...]

MacNish, David (1861 – 1943)

David MacNish M.A. M.B. C.M. (10 January 1861 – 21 January 1943) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become an Assistant Physician in 1897 and later Physician to the London Homeopathic Hospital. [...]

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