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.
Boole, Mary Elizabeth (Everest) (1832 – 1916)
Mary Elizabeth (Everest) Boole (11 March 1832 – 17 May 1916) was a mathematician, author, reformer, and Spiritualist. She was the daughter of homeopath Thomas Roupell Everest and Mary Ryall (1809 – 1895). Her grandfather [...]
Boone, Joel Thompson (1889 – 1974)
Vice-Admiral Joel Thompson Boone (29 August, 1889 – 2 April, 1974) was an American homeopath, surgeon, naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient who was the homeopathic physician, alongside Charles Elmer Sawyer, of U.S. Presidents [...]
Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833 – 1893)
Edwin Thomas Booth (13 November 1833 – 7 June 1893) was an American actor and founder Booth’s Theatre in New York City. His brother was John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in [...]
Boucicault, Dionysius Lardner (1820 – 1890)
Dionysius Lardner Boucicault (Boursiquot) (26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. Boucicault was a friend of many homeopathic supporters, including Charles Kean, Charles James Mathews, [...]
Bradshaw, William (1818 – 1903)
Site of the Nottingham Homoeopathic Institution, 9 St Peter’s Church Walk. Image source: Mel Draper Collection William Bradshaw M.D. M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (1818 – 20 September 1903) was a British orthodox physician and surgeon [...]
Britten, Edward Benjamin, 1st Baron Britten (1913 – 1976)
Benjamin Britten. Image credit: classicfm.com Edward Benjamin Britten 1st Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. Edward Britten was an advocate of [...]
Burnett, James Compton (1840 – 1901)
James Compton Burnett MD (Glasgow 1872) (20 July 1840 – 2 April 1901) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He worked at the London Homeopathic Hospital and in private practice, and he [...]
Cabarrus, Jules Adolphe Édouard Tallien, de (1801 – 1870)
Dr Jules Adolphe Édouard de Cabarrus (1801 – 1870). Image credit: Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris Jules Adolphe Édouard Tallien de Cabarrus M.D. (19 April 1801 – 18 May 1870) was a French [...]
Cameron, Hugh (1810 – 1897)
Hugh Cameron (1810 – 1897). Image credit Peter Morrell Hugh Cameron M.R.C.S. (28 July 1810 – 20 October 1897) was a British orthodox physician and surgeon who converted to homeopathy to become a student [...]
Campbell, Alice Boole (1836 – 1908)
Alice Boole Campbell M.D. (3 March 1836 – 31 December 1908) was a homeopathic physician. In 1863 she was one of the first women to graduate from Clemence Lozier’s New York Homeopathic College, where she [...]
Campbell, Isabel Mackay (1903 – 1972)
Isabel Mackay Campbell M.B. CH.B. (1903 – 18 June 1972) was a homeopath at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. She was one of sixteen homeopaths who died in the Trident air disaster at Staines, Surrey, [...]
Canning, Charlotte, Countess (1817 – 1861)
Charlotte, Countess Canning (31 March 1817 – 18 November 1861) was the wife of British statesman and Governor-General of India, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning. Countess Canning was a patient of homeopath Paul Francois Curie. [...]
Carfrae, George Mann (1836 – 1900)
George Mann Carfrae M.D. (6 July 1836 – 18 April 1900) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become House Surgeon and later Consulting Physician for Diseases of Women at the London Homeopathic [...]
Cartier, François (1864 – 1928)
François Cartier M.D. (1864 – June 1928) was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become the President of the French Homeopathic Society in 1906. Francois Cartier was a Physician at the Hospital [...]
Case, William Arthur (1818 – 1872)
“Heath Brow, Hampstead, 1906” by Sir Muirhead Bone. Source: nga.gov William Arthur Case M.A. (7 December 1818 – 24 January 1872) was a Shropshire-born schoolmaster, who lived at 20 Upper Gower Street, London. [...]
Cash, Alfred Midgley (1850 – 1936)
Alfred Midgely Cash Image Source: Wellcome Collection Alfred Midgley Cash M.D. M.B. C.M. M.R.C.S. F.B.H.S. (1850 – 14 March 1936) was an English orthodox physician and member of the Royal College of Surgeons [...]