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.
Wardroper, William (1804 – 1875)
William Wardroper M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (7 April 1804 – 26 June 1875) was a British homeopathic surgeon who was Medical Officer at the Brighton Homeopathic Dispensary, where he worked alongside Charles Cobbe and Henry Rider Madden. [...]
Warne, William (1801 – 1861)
William Warne (21 July 1801 – 15 March 1861) was Honorary Secretary and Patron of the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square. Warne was also on the Committee of the English Homeopathic Association, and Honorary [...]
Wedgwood, Hensleigh (1803 – 1891)
Image: Hensleigh Wedgwood, anonymous illustration ca. 1870. Wikimedia Commons. Hensleigh Wedgwood (21 January 1803 – 2 June 1891) was a British etymologist, philologist and barrister. Hensleigh Wedgwood was the fourth son of Josiah [...]
Weir, Sir John (1879 – 1971)
Sir John Weir, GCVO, Royal Victorian Chain MB ChB Glasgow 1907, FFHom (19 October 1879 – 17 April 1971) was Physician Royal to several twentieth century monarchs. The very first homeopath by Royal appointment was Frederick [...]
Wells, Herbert George (1866 – 1946)
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer most famous today for the science fiction novels he published [...]
Wells, Thomas Spencer (1818 – 1897)
Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897) Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, 1st Baronet MRCS [1841], FRCS [1844] (3 February 1818 – 31 January 1897) was Surgeon of the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women, Hunterian Professor of [...]
Wheeler, Charles Edwin (1868 – 1947)
Charles Edwin Wheeler M.D. B.S. B.Sc. (24 August 1868 – 2 February 1947) was an Australian-born orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Wheeler was junior editor and, from 1907-1922, sole editor of The Homeopathic World, [...]
Wild, Edward Augustus (1825 – 1891)
Brigadier General (Dr.) Edward Augustus Wild (1825 – 1891) was the son of homeopath Dr. Charles Wild (1795 – 1864). Edward Wild studied at Harvard College and at Jefferson Medical College and joined the Massachusetts [...]
Wilde, Percy Roberts (1857 – 1929)
Percy Roberts Wilde M.D. M.B. C.M. (12 July 1857 – 27 April 1929) was an homeopathic physician who became Honorary Physician and Medical Officer at the Lansdown Hospital in Bath, Medical Superintendent at the West [...]
Wilkins, Henry (c. 1800 – 1859)
Henry Wilkins M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (c. 1800 – 16 February 1859) was a British orthodox surgeon who converted to homeopathy. Wilkins practiced alongside Francis Black, William Henry Trotman, and William Austin Gillow at the Bristol and [...]
Williams, Mary Jane Hall (1845 – 1932)
Mary Jane Hall-Williams M.D. (22 June 1845 – 22 January 1932) was the first qualified woman homeopathic physician to practice in the United Kingdom. In 1880, Hall graduated M.D. from the homeopathic Boston University School [...]
Wolf, Paul (1795 – 1857)
Paul Wolf M.D. (24 February 1795 – 2 January 1857) was a was a German-Jewish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Paul Wolf was a student of Samuel Hahnemann,and a colleague of Frantz Hartmann, Matthias Marenzeller [...]
Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham (1806 – 1875)
Martha Coffin (Pelham) Wright (25 December 1806 – 4 January 1875), President of the National Woman Suffrage Association was, like many of her peers, a vocal proponent of improved health care and human rights. Wright [...]
Wyld, George (1821 – 1906)
George Wyld M.D. (17 March 1821 – 24 June 1906) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy in 1851 after he was treated homeopathically by Dr. Robert Ellis Dudgeon for nervous tension brought on [...]
Yeldham, Stephen (1810 – 1895)
Stephen Yeldham M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. L.A.C. (1810 – 10 August 1895) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become Consulting Surgeon to the London Homeopathic Hospital. Yeldham was formerly Surgeon to the Royal [...]