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. [...]
Hayle, Thomas Hahnemann (1855 – 1908)
Thomas Hahnemann Hayle M.B. B.Sc. (4 March 1855 – 30 October 1908), son of homeopath Dr. Thomas Hayle, was a British homeopathic physician who practiced in Rochdale, Lancashire. He eventually took over his father’s practice [...]
Kennedy, William Adam (1852 – 1938)
William Adam Kennedy M.B. L.R.C.P. M.R.C.S. (18 November 1852 – 27 October 1938) was a homeopathic physician who practiced at 2 Eldon Square, Newcastle. He was a colleague of homeopaths John Mason Galloway and Thomas [...]
Munster, Harold Valdemar (1871 – 1917)
Harold Valdemar Munster, with wife Louise. Image credit: Shirley Anderson Harold Valdemar Munster M.D. M.B. C.M. (6 January 1871 – 20 April 1917) was a British homeopathic physician. He was Medical Officer and [...]
Nankivell, Herbert Wright (1843 – 1912)
Herbert Wright Nankivell M.D. M.R.C.S. (c.1843 – 6 April 1912) was a homeopathic physician who was Surgeon to St. James Homeopathic Hospital, Doncaster, Surgeon at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary, Surgeon at the Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital, [...]
Bauer, William J. (1821 – 1886 )
William J. Bauer (1821 - 6 November 1886 ) was of Quaker parentage and since 1850 had practiced as an homeopath in New York City. William J Bauer of New York city, was born in [...]
Dake, Jabez Philander (1827 – 1894)
Jabez Philander Dake M.D. Image credit: "Dr. J. P. Dake - A Memoir," by R. A. Halley, in The American Historical Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 4 (Oct 1903). Jabez Philander Dake M. D. [...]
Mueller, Clotar Moritz (1818 – 1877)
Clotar Moritz Mueller (Müller/Muller) (25 August 1818 - 10 N0vember 1877) was the son of Moritz Wilhelm Mueller. He was an early advocate of homeopathy, and an editor of the German homeopathic periodical, Homöopathische Vierteljahrschrift. [...]
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 [...]
Madden, Henry Ridewood (1818 – 1884)
This is Marlton, Dr Madden’s home in St Kilda, Melbourne. (Now part of St Michael’s Church of England Grammar School). Photo courtesy of Peter Torokfalvy. Henry Ridewood Madden MD LRCS (Edin) (10 March [...]
Hahnemann, Mélanie (1800 – 1878)
Marie Mélanie d’Hervilly Gohier Hahnemann (2 February 1800 – 27 May 1878) was a French homeopathic physician and the first qualified medical woman in the world. In January 1835 Mélanie married Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the [...]
Neild, Edith (1874 – 1927)
Edith Neild (1874 – 1927) in 1891. Image courtesy John Neild. Edith Neild M.B. L.R.C.P. L.R.C.S. L.F.P.S (15 January 1874 – 29 August 1927) was a pioneering British homeopathic doctor. Edith Neild was [...]
Cullis, Charles (1833 – 1892)
Charles Cullis M.D. (7 March 1833 – 18 June 1892) was a Boston homeopath who “… was on the Board of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society, which would establish a New England Homœopathic Hospital and [...]
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867 – 1941)
Image credit Archives of American Art Journal, 1919 John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was a Danish-American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents’ heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, [...]
Robins, Elizabeth (1862 – 1952)
Elizabeth Robins (6 August 1862 – 8 May 1952) was an American actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette. She wrote under the nom de plume C. E. Raimond. Elizabeth Robins was a patient of James John Garth [...]
Blest, Anthony Ebenezer (1796 – 1882)
Anthony Ebenezer Blest M.D. M.R.S.C. (23 July 1796 - 1 April 1882) member of the Royal Physical Society Edinburgh, was a British physician who served in India as a Madras Medical Service surgeon with the [...]
Fourier, François Marie Charles, (1772 – 1837)
Charles Fourier, unknown artist, 19th century. Image source: North Carolina Museum of Art François Marie Charles Fourier (7 April 1772 – 10 October 1837) was an influential French socialist philosopher, who is credited [...]
Ord, William Theophilus (1863 – 1943)
William Theophilus Ord M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. (9 June 1863 – June 1943) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Fellow and President of the British Homeopathic Society. Ord was Visiting Surgeon and [...]
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 [...]
Pritchard, William Clowes (1867 – 1928)
William Clowes Pritchard. Image credit: British Homoeopathic Congress 1905 Proceedings. William Clowes Pritchard M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. B.A. (9 June 1867 – 6 July 1928) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He [...]
Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell (1836 – 1908)
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman The Book Lovers Magazine Vol. 4 No. 2 (August 1904) Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, GCB PC (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal Party statesman, [...]
Kennaway, John Henry, 3rd Baronet (1837 – 1919)
Kennaway Coat of Arms Image source: wikimedia Sir John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet CB, PC, DL (6 June 1837 – 6 September 1919) was an English Conservative Party politician, MP for East Devon [...]
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 [...]
Grindrod, Ralph Barnes (1811 – 1883)
Ralph Barnes Grindrod LSA MD 1831 (19 May 1811 – 18 November 1883), was a British orthodox physician who, though proclaiming his absolute antagonism towards homeopathy, nevertheless worked alongside the homeopaths in the Malvern Hydrotherapy [...]
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 [...]
Reed, David McConnell (1810 – 1890)
David McConnell Reed M.D. L.R.C.S. (8 August 1810 – December 1890) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Physician at the East End Homeopathic Dispensary and the Bermondsey Homoeopathic Dispensary. [...]
Nankivell, John Hicks (1809 – 1888)
John Hicks Nankivell M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (1809 – 12 December 1888) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Surgeon at the York Homeopathic Dispensary. He was General Secretary to the 1872 British [...]
Hayle, Thomas (1808 – 1886)
Thomas Hayle M.D. L.R.C.S. (December 1808 – 17 September 1886) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Physician at the Durham Homeopathic Dispensary, the Northumberland and Newcastle Homeopathic Dispensary, the Sunderland [...]
Gwynn, William (1831 – 1869)
William Gwynn L.R.C.S. (Irel) [1854], M.B. (Dublin) [1857] (1831 – 11 August 1869), was an Anglo-Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become House Surgeon at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary and Consulting Physician at [...]
Robertson, Henry (1807 – 1881)
Henry Robertson LSA London 1828 (1807 – 14 October 1881), was a British orthodox physician and surgeon who converted to homeopathy to become the Vice President of the Midland Homeopathic Medical Society. He was a [...]
Flint, Frederick (1842 – 1904)
Frederick Flint M.D. C.M. M.R.C.S. (26 January 1842 – 25 July 1904) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a House Surgeon at the Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital, and a Dispensing Chemist [...]
Parsons, William Augustus (1801 – 1866)
William Augustus Parsons L.S.A. M.R.C.S. (1801 – 4 April 1866) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become a physician at the Birmingham Homeopathic Dispensary. Parsons was a colleague of George Fearon, [...]
Rogers, George (1806 – 1862)
George Rogers M.D. (23 December 1806 – 7 June 1862) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become House Surgeon at the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square, George Rogers practiced at 97 [...]
Routledge, Katherine Maria (1866 – 1935)
Katherine Maria Routledge (11 August 1866 – 13 December 1935) was a British archaeologist and anthropologist who initiated (but did not complete) the first true survey of Easter Island. Katherine Routledge an advocate of homeopathy, [...]
Pease, Joseph Albert Jack, 1st Baron Gainford (1860 – 1943)
Joseph Albert Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford PC, DL, JP (17 January 1860 – 15 February 1943), known as Jack Pease before 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a member of [...]
Pattison, John (1818 – 1876)
John Pattison M.D. F.R.M.S.L. (21 April 1818 – 18 February 1876) was a British orthodox physician and cancer specialist, affiliated with New York University, who converted to homeopathy. John Pattison had over thirteen years and [...]
Simpson, Thomas (1838 – c.1920)
Thomas Simpson M.D. M.R.C.S (1838 – 1920?), was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Simpson was Honorary Consulting Physician to the Liverpool Hahnemann Homeopathic Hospital and Honorary Physician to the Southport Homoeopathic Dispensary. [...]
Glover, Joseph (c. 1813 – 1866)
Joseph Glover (c.1813 – 25 July 1866) was an engineer and manufacturer of mathematical instruments, residing at 3 Harrington Square, London, who was an active supporter of homeopathy in mid-nineteenth century England. Glover was a [...]
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 [...]
Parenteau, Daniel (1852 – 1938)
Berger et église d’Eragny, by Camille Pissarro, a gift from the artist, inscribed to Dr. Daniel Parenteau. Image credit: Christies Pierre Marie Daniel Parenteau M.D. (1852 – 8 April 1938) was a French [...]
Beck, Alphonse (1822 -1902)
Alphonse Beck M.D. (9 October 1822 – 6 November 1902) was a Swiss orthodox physician and politician who converted to homeopathy. Alphonse Beck was a colleague of Carl Bojanus, Anton von Hubbenett, Osip Lensky, Karl [...]
Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901)
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India of the [...]
Imbert-Gourbeyre, Antoine, de la Touche (1818 – 1912)
Cross of Commander of the Order of Charles II of Spain. Image credit: Emedals.com Antoine Imbert-Gourbeyre de la Touche M.D. (2 March 1818 – 6 March 1912) was a French orthodox physician and [...]
Kallenbach, C. G. (1802 – 1880)
C. G. Kallenbach M.D. (1802? – 1880?) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and became a leading member of the Central Society of German Homoeopathists. Kallenbach was the homeopathic physician of the [...]
Nash, Eugene Beauharnais (1838 – 1917)
Eugene Beauharnais Nash (8 March 1838 – 6 November 1917) was an American graduate from the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital in 1874. Nash taught at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, and was the President of [...]
Fielitz, Heinrich August (1797 – 1877)
Heinrich August Fielitz M.D. (28 April 1797 – 4 October 1877) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become a member of the Homeopathic Society for Upper Lusitania and Silesia, and the [...]
Tsar Alexander I (1777 – 1825)
Tsar Alexander I (1777 – 1825), also known as Alexander the Blessed, served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825, and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well [...]
Emperor Francis I of Austria (1768 – 1835)
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Emperor Franz I of Austria) (12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire [...]
Johnson, Walter R. (1824 – 1913)
Umberslade Hall Walter R. Johnson M.D. London 1847 (23 February 1824 – 5 March 1913) was a British orthodox physician, Gold Medalist in Medicine and Materia Media, and Medical Tutor at Guy’s Hospital, [...]
Dudgeon, Robert Ellis (1820 – 1904)
Robert Ellis Dudgeon MD LRCSE (17 March 1820 – 8 September 1904), studied in Paris and Vienna before graduating as a doctor. Dudgeon then became the first editor of the British Journal of Homeopathy and [...]
Anderson, John (1812 – 1909)
John Anderson M.D. MRCS, LSA (12 September 1812 – November 1909) was a British orthodox physician and surgeon who converted to homeopathy after 20 years of allopathic practice to become Physician to the Clapham and [...]
Ashurst, William Henry (1792 – 1855)
William Henry Ashurst Snr (11 February 1792 – 13 October 1855) was a British solicitor who founded the commercial law firm Ashurst Morris Crisp at 6 Old Jewry Street. Ashurst was a political reformer and, [...]
Galloway, John Mason (1826 – 1901)
John Mason Galloway M.D. (11 June 1826 – 3 April 1901) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become House Surgeon at the Manchester Homeopathic Hospital, Surgeon at the Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital, [...]
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 [...]
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth (1797 – 1856)
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, by Robert William Buss (1833). Image credit: The Garrick Club Collections Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (3 March 1797 – 8 August 1856) was an English actress and a contralto opera singer. [...]
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, [...]
Faguette, Estelle (1843 – 1929)
Estelle Faguette in 1875. Anonymous photographer Estelle Faguette (12 September 1843 – 23 August 1929) was a French visionary, who experienced visions of Our Lady of Pellevoisin. Estelle was a patient of French [...]
Peschier, Charles Gaspard (1782 – 1853)
Charles Gaspard Peschier MD (13 March 1782 – 31 May 1853) was a French orthodox physician and Regimental Surgeon of the Carabiniers of Aubonne, who converted to homeopathy, to become one of the earliest homeopaths [...]
Jousset, Pierre (1818 – 1910)
Pierre Jousset M.D. (3 December 1818 – 22 December 1910) was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become one of the founders and President of La Société Française d’Homéopathie in 1889, founder, [...]
Rueckert, Ernst Ferdinand (1795 – 1843)
Ernst Ferdinand Rueckert (Rückert/Rucken) M.D. (3 March 1795 – 27 July 1843), was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become the second person after Johan Joseph Wilhelm Lux to apply homeopathy to [...]
Honigberger, Johann Martin (1795 – 1869)
Johann Martin Honigberger M.D. (10 March 1795 – 18 December 1869) was a Romanian Saxon orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, and who introduced homeopathy into Afghanistan, Egypt, Persia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, India and Pakistan. [...]
Meyer, Veit (1815 – 1872)
Veit Meyer M.D. (17 February 1815 - 22 April 1872) was a German Jewish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become the co-editor of the Homöopathische Vierteljahrschrift, and editor of the Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung. [...]
Necher, Georg Friedrich von (1770 – 1848)
Georg Friedrich von Necher Georg Friedrich von Necher (sometimes misspelled Neckar/Necker) MD (ca. 1770 – ca. 1848) was family physician to the Intendant General and commander of the Austrian army in Italy, Baron [...]
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 [...]
Musard, Philippe (1792 – 1859)
Philippe Musard (8 November 1792 – 31 March 1859) was a French violinist, conductor and composer, the Paris equivalent of Glenn Miller in the 1820s. Philippe Musard was a staunch advocate of homeopathy, and he [...]
Rapou, Pierre Auguste (1780 – 1857)
Pierre Auguste Rapou (1780 – 5 October 1857) was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become a member of the College of Physicians at Paris. Pierre Auguste Rapou was a major homeopathic [...]
Dufresne, Pierre (1786 – 1837)
Pierre Dufresne (1786 – 1837) was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, a Physician at a Maison de Santé, he became the founder of the Society Homeopathique Gallicane (the Gallic Homeopathic Society), the [...]
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 [...]
Kean, Charles John (1811 – 1868)
Charles Kean and his wife as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (1858). Image credit: wikipedia Charles John Kean (18 January 1811 – 22 January 1868) was born at Waterford, Ireland, the son of the [...]
Hale, Robert Douglas (1816 – 1887)
Robert Douglas Hale M.D. M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (26 June 1816 – 2 November 1887) was a British orthodox physician, member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at [...]
Huber, Wilhelm (1806 – 1859)
Wilhelm/William Huber M.D. (7 February 1806 – 6 June 1859) was an Austrian orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Homeopathic Hospitals in Linz and later at Steyr. The Homeopathic [...]
Reade, Charles (1814 – 1884)
Charles Reader. Image credit: Library of 19th Century Photography Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist. Charles Reade was a patient of James Manby Gully [...]
Mayne, William Henry (ca. 1816 – 1857)
William Henry Mayne M.D., L.R.C.S., (ca. 1816 - 25 December 1857) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Mayne was a member of the British Homeopathic Society from its inception in 1844. Mayne [...]
Haehl, Richard M. (1873 – 1932)
Richard Haehl MD (15 December 1873 – 7 February 1932), a German orthodox physician from Stuttgart and Kirchheim who converted to homeopathy, traveled to America to study homeopathy at the Hahnemann College of Philadelphia. He [...]
Sharp, William (1805 – 1896)
Dr. William Sharp. Image Credit: original source unknown William Sharp M.D. F.R.S. (21 January 1805 – 10 April 1896) was an orthodox physician, Senior Surgeon to the Bradford Infirmary, who converted to homeopathy [...]
Barlee, Hobart John William (1868 – 1948)
Hobart John William Barlee M.D. (13 September 1868 – 25 June 1948) was an Anglo-Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. In 1907 he became a member of the British Homeopathic Society. Hobart Barlee was [...]
Neild, Frederic (1847 – 1926)
Frederic Neild in 1870. Image courtesy John Neild. Frederic Neild M.D. C.M. L.R.C.P. (27 August 1847 – 29 January 1926) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Consulting Physician [...]
Rau, Gottlieb Martin Wilhelm Ludwig (1779 – 1841)
Gottlieb Martin Wilhelm Ludwig Rau M.D. (3 October 1779 – 22 September 1841) was a German orthodox physician for 22 years before he converted to homeopathy. A Specialist in Obstetrics, who was already experimenting in [...]
Crétin, Alphonse (1820 – 1902)
Alphonse Crétin (*1820? - 1902?) was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Hospital Saint Jacques, founded in Paris in 1870, and a member of the Societe Medical Homeopathique [...]
Chancerel, Victor François (1831 – 1901)
Victor François Chancerel M.D. (14 September 1831 – 13 August 1901) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Hahenmann Hospital in Paris, and at the Hospital Saint Jacques, [...]
Hilbers, George James (1818 – 1883)
George James Hilbers M.D. M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (16 June 1818 – 30 October 1883) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and became a student of Paul Francois Curie and Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Fleischman. George [...]
Desterne, Antoine Hippolyte (1822 – 1873)
In 1870 Desterne, along with several homeopathic colleagues, was awarded the Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain. Antoine-Hippolyte Desterne M.D. (21 May 1822 – 1873) was a French orthodox physician [...]
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 [...]
Hartung, Christophe (1779 – 1853)
Christophe Hartung 1779 – 1853 was an Austrian orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a student of Samuel Hahnemann. Christophe Hartung is famous for the cure of a cancerous tumour in the eye [...]
Cooper, Robert Thomas (1844 – 1903)
Robert Thomas Cooper (1844 – 14 September 1903) BA, MD, Trinity College Dublin was an Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become a Physician for Diseases of the Ear at the London Homeopathic [...]
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 [...]
Hanson, Charles Sydney (1819 – 1864)
Charles Sydney Hanson M.D. (31 January 1819 – 25 November 1864) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a House Physician at the Hahnemann Hospital and the London Homeopathic Hospital, physician at [...]
Petroz, Antoine Henri (1781 – 1859)
Antoine Henri Petroz (1781 – 29 August 1859) was a student of Samuel Hahnemann, and he was one of of the foremost homeopaths in Paris. By 1865, compilations of his valuable writings were made by [...]
Arnaud, Victor (1807 – 1869)
Victor Arnaud (1807? – 13 November 1869) was a veteran French homeopath and President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of France. Arnaud was present at the International Homeopathic Congress in Paris in 1867. Arnaud’s name [...]
Tessier, Jean Paul (1811 – 1862)
Jean Paul Tessier M.D. (1 April 1811 – 16 May 1862) was a French orthodox physician who practiced in Turin and in Paris, who converted to homeopathy, and became the publisher of Etudes de Medicine [...]
Simon, Léon Francois Adolphe (1798 – 1867)
Léon Francois Adolphe Simon (27 November 1798 – 13 May 1867) was a French Jewish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy when he met Paul Francois Curie. Léon Simon became a student of Samuel Hahnemann, [...]
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 [...]
Haubold, Carl (1796 – 1862)
Carl Haubold (1796 – 8 June 1862) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Carl Haubold was one of the earliest students of Samuel Hahnemann in Leipsig. Carl Haubold was a member of [...]
Thorer, Samuel Timotheus (1795 – 1846)
Samuel Timotheus Thorer (25 April 1795 – 25 June 1846) was a student at the University of Leipzig, and obtained his medical degree in Berlin. Thorer was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Thorer [...]
Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, HRH The Prince Consort (1819 – 1861)
Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, later HRH The Prince Consort) (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of [...]
Marenzeller, Matthias (1765 – 1854)
Matthias Marenzeller – Lithograph by Antonín Machek. Image credit: Wellcome Collection Matthias Marenzeller/Marenzellar M.D. (15 February 1765 – 6 January 1854) was an Austrian orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, a contemporary and [...]
Mathews, Charles James (1803 – 1878)
Charles James Matthews (1803-1878). Image credit wikipedia Charles James Mathews (26 December 1803 – 24 June 1878) was a British actor. A son of the actor Charles Mathews, he became even better known [...]
Trinks, Karl Friedrich Gottfried (1800 – 1868)
Karl Friedrich Gottfried Trinks M.D. Image credit: Wellcome Collection Karl Friedrich Gottfried Trinks M.D. (8 January 1800 – 15 June 1868) was a German Jewish physician who practiced in Dresden, and he was [...]
Rummel, Friedrich Jakob (1793 – 1854)
Friedrich Jakob Rummel (26 April 1793 – 10 October 1854) was a German orthodox physician and a fierce opponent of homeopathy before he converted to homeopathy. Rummel was Samuel Hahnemann’s great adversary until 1826, when [...]
Muhlenbein, Georg August Heinrich (1764 – 1845)
Georg August Heinrich Muhlenbein (15 October 1764 – 8 January 1845) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become one of the founders and the President of the Central Society of Homeopathic [...]
Storer, John Hudson (1861 – 1933)
John Hudson Storer (5 December 1861 – 9 May 1933) was a homeopathic ENT Physician and Professor of Ophthalmology, Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology, and Dean of The Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. In 1899 he [...]
Blake, James Dore (1805 – 1874)
James Dore Blake M.D. M.R.C.S. (18 May 1805 – 13 October 1874) MD MRCS became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1847, having attended the School of Medicine in Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, [...]
Macready, William Charles (1793 – 1873)
William Charles Macready. Image credit: V&A William Charles Macready (3 March 1793 – 27 April 1873) was an English actor. William Charles Macready was a patient of homeopath Frederick Hervey Foster Quin, and [...]
Peel, Robert (1788 – 1850)
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Peel helped to create the modern concept of the police force and, oversaw the [...]
Hey, Clarence Granville (1871 – 1941)
Clarence Granville Hey M.B. C.M. M.R.C.V.S. (26 July 1871 – 11 August 1941) was a Surgeon and Consulting Gynaecologist at the London Homeopathic Hospital. In 1904 Granville Hey became a member of the British Homoeopathic [...]
Ramsbotham, John Hodgson (1809 – 1868)
John Hodgson Ramsbotham M.D. M.R.C.S. (20 June 1809 – 5 August 1868) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Ramsbotham was a Surgeon at the Royal Maternity Charity Hospital London, and at the Halifax [...]
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 [...]
Davet, Julien Aimé de Beaurepaire de Benery (1797 – 1873)
Julien Aimé Davet de Beaurepaire de Benery MD (27 November 1797 – 1873) was an Italian homeopath who lived and practiced in France. He was a student and colleague of Samuel Hahnemann in Leipzig. Davet [...]
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 [...]
Skinner, Thomas (1825 – 1906)
Thomas Skinner L.R.C.S.E. M.D. [St. Andrews 1857] (11 August 1825 – 11 September 1906) was an allopathic physician and a strident opponent of homeopathy, who had worked very closely with Sir James Young Simpson as [...]
Henderson, William (1810 – 1872)
William Henderson MD Edin. [1831] (17 January 1810 – 1 April 1872), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Professor of General Pathology at the University of Edinburgh, was an orthodox physician [...]
Ozanne, John (1816 – 1864)
John Ozanne M.D. [Paris, 1840] B.L. (13 February 1816 – 13 December 1864) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. John Ozanne was a student of Paul Francois Curie. Along with fellow doctors William [...]
Heurtley, Richard Walter (1816 – 1891)
Richard Walter(s) Heurtley M.D. (7 April 1816 – 30 March 1891) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and was a patron of the British Homeopathic Society alongside John Epps, Marmaduke Blake Sampson [...]
Russell, John Rutherford (1816 – 1866)
John Rutherford Russell (MD Edin. 1838) (28 April 1816 – 22 December 1866) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Physician of Edinburgh Homeopathic Dispensary, Physician at the London Homeopathic Hospital, Fellow [...]
Engall, Thomas (1808 – 1887)
Thomas Engall MRCS (13 May 1808 – 18 July 1887) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He was Surgeon at the West London Homeopathic Dispensary, Surgeon at the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 [...]
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 [...]
Malan, Henry Victor (1817 – 1879)
Henry Victor Malan M.D. (2 July 1817 – 23 January 1879) was a Swiss-British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He was a student of Samuel Hahnemann in 1840, Surgeon and Obstetrician Tubingen 1839, MD [...]
Hands, Joseph (1804 – 1886)
Joseph Hands MRCS [1831] LSA [1830] (1804 – 17 April 1886) was a British orthodox surgeon who converted to homeopathy, to become a member of the Medical Council of the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury [...]
Laurie, Joseph (1814 – 1865)
Joseph Laurie M.D. (13 June 1814 – 10 December 1865) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), graduate of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, [...]
Metcalfe, James Bell (1815 – 1890)
James Bell Metcalfe M.D. M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (1815 – February 5, 1890) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. James Bell Metcalfe was a student of Paul Francois Curie at the London Homeopathic Medical [...]
Holland, George Calvert (1801 – 1865)
George Calvert Holland M.D. (28 February 1801 – 7 March 1865) was a poet, public speaker, author, politician, and physician. He was Lecturer on Physiology at Sheffield Medical Institution in 1831, Physician Extraordinary to The Sheffield General [...]
Partridge, Samuel Thomas (1797 – 1870)
Samuel Thomas Partridge M.D. [Aberdeen, 1820], M.R.C.S. [1818] (1797 – 14 March 1870) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He practiced at 2 York Place, Portman Square, became Physician to the Marylebone [...]
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 [...]
Moreton, Augustus Henry [Macdonald] (1804 – 1862)
Augustus Henry Moreton MacDonald of Largie (24 June 1804 – 14 February 1862) was elected as the MP for West Gloucester in 1832, and his brother Henry George Francis Reynolds Moreton, Second Earl of Ducie, [...]
Pissarro, Jacob Abraham Camille (1830 – 1903)
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a French Impressionist painter. Camille Pissarro was an enthusiastic advocate of homeopathy. He consulted homeopath Paul Ferdinand Gachet in Auvers sur Oise, and [...]
Pattison, Mark (1813 – 1884)
Mark Pattison. Image credit:William Tuckwell, Reminiscences of Oxford Mark Pattison (10 October 1813 – 30 July 1884) was an English author and a Church of England priest. He served as rector of Lincoln [...]
Stapf, Johann Ernst (1788 – 1860)
Johann Ernst Stapf (9 September 1788 – 10 July 1860) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a pupil and colleague of Samuel Hahnemann, and a member of Hahnemann’s Provers’ Union. [...]
Kidd, Joseph (1824 – 1918)
Joseph Kidd FRCSE (15 February 1824 – 20 August 1918) was an Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and later became the homeopathic physician to Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. He [...]
Ameke, Wilhelm (1847 – 1886)
Wilhelm Ameke M.D. (19 April 1847 – 22 January 1886) was a German orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy to become, alongside Richard Haehl, one of the great historians of Samuel Hahnemann and of homeopathy. [...]
Wheeler, Charles Edwin (1868 – 1947)
Charles Edwin Wheeler M.D. B.S. B.Sc. (24 August 1868 – 2 February 1947) was born in Australia, an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Wheeler was junior editor and, from 1907-1922, sole editor of The [...]
Blackie, Margery Grace (1898 – 1981)
Margery Grace Blackie CVO, MD, FFHom (4 Feb 1898 – 24 August 1981) was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy. In 1969 she became the homeopathic physician of Queen Elizabeth II, the first woman [...]
Berridge, Edward William (1844 – 1920)
Edward William Berridge MB, BS (1844 – 13 May 1920) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Berridge trained at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1864, and then travelled to America to study at [...]
Jahr, Georg Heinrich Gottlieb (1800 – 1875)
Georg Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr (30 January 1800 – 11 July 1875) was a German lay homeopath who was very close to Samuel Hahnemann. Jahr was a prolific writer and staunch advocate of homeopathy who was [...]
Quin, Frederick Hervey Foster (1799 – 1879)
Frederick Hervey Foster Quin (MD Edin 1820) (12 February 1799 – 24 November 1879) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become one of the very first homeopaths in Britain. In 1844 [...]
Hughes, Richard (1836 – 1902)
Richard Hughes MRCS LRCP (20 August 1836 – 3 April 1902) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Brighton Homeopathic Dispensary, Editor of the British Journal of Homeopathy [...]
Tyler, Margaret Lucy (1859 – 1943)
Margaret Lucy Tyler LRCPE LRCSE LRCPSG MD (9 February 1859 – 21 June 1943) was an English homeopath who was influenced by the work of Chicago physician James Tyler Kent. As one of the leading [...]
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 [...]
Bauer, Adolphus (1806 – 1867)
Adolphus Bauer M.D. (March 1806 - 13 October 1867) Adolphus Bauer was born and educated in Germany. He became a citizen of Cincinnati about 1848. He soon acquired a large practice among the best citizens, [...]
Neidhard, Charles (1809 – 1895)
Charles Neidhard (1809 – 1895). Image credit: Egbert Cleave, Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons. (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1873) p. 58 Charles Neidhard M.D. (1809 – 17 April 1895) was [...]
Sturm, William (1796 – 1879)
William Sturm (1796 – 1879) was an early pioneer of homeopathy in Cincinnati, practicing in that city from 1839 to 1876. […]
Helffrich, Johannes (1795 – 1852)
Johannes Helffrich. Image credit: Northwestern Lehigh County (2006), p.124. Johannes Helffrich (Helfrich) (17 January 1795 – 8 March 1852) was a Reformed Church pastor and an early pioneer of homeopathy in America. Helffrich [...]
Freytag, John Eberhard (1764 – 1846)
John Bernard Eberhard Freytag (Freitag) M.D. (20 April 1764 – 14 March 1846) was a pioneer homeopath and pharmacist from the very early days of American homeopathy, practicing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1834 he became [...]
Pulte, Joseph Hyppolyte (1811 – 1884)
Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte M.D. (6 October 1811 – 24 February 1884) was one of the first pioneers of homeopathy in America and remains a widely influential homeopath today. Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte was a colleague of [...]
Hempel, Charles Julius (1811 – 1879)
Charles Julius Hempel M.D. (5 September 1811 – 24 September 1879) was a major translator of homeopathic books into the English language, and Chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Homœopathic Medical College of [...]
Dunham, Carroll (1828 – 1877)
Carroll Dunham M. D. (1828 – 1877) was an influential American homeopathic physician who was Dean of Faculty at the New York Homeopathic Medical College and also served as President of the American Institute of [...]
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 [...]
Romig, John (1804 – 1885)
The North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy. Founded in 1835, the Allentown Academy was the first homeopathic medical school in the world. Image credit: Drexel Medical Archives [...]
Miller, Robert Gibson (1862 – 1919)
Robert Gibson Miller M.B. C.M. (ca. 14 May 1862 – 10 May 1919) was a Scottish orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy. At the outset of his career Miller travelled to St. Louis to train [...]
Allen, Henry Chileab (1836 – 1909)
Henry Chileab Allen M. D. (2 October 1836 – 22 January 1909) was Professor of Diseases of the Skin and Miasmatics and founder of the Hering Medical College, City Physician at the Baptist Hospital and [...]
Hering, Constantine (1800 – 1880)
Constantine J. Hering (1 January 1800 – 23 July 1880) was the ‘father of American Homeopathy’, known for his “Law of Cure” which remains a guiding principle for modern homeopathy. Hering originally set out to [...]
Swan, Samuel (1814 – 1893)
Samuel Swan M.D. (4 July 1814 – 17 October 1893) was an American musician who, after being introduced to homeopathy, subsequently changed careers to become a noted homeopathic medical doctor. Swan was responsible for proving [...]
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 [...]
Bayard, Edward (1806 – 1889)
Edward Bayard M.D. Image credit: National Library of Medicine Edward Bayard M.D. (5 March 1806 – 28 September 1889) was a lawyer for eighteen years, who converted to become a homeopath, and continued [...]
Angell, Henry Clay (1829 – 1911)
Henry Clay Angell MD (27 January 1829 – 28 May 1911) was a noted Boston ophthalmologist. Angell graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1852, briefly setting up in practice with German homeopathic [...]
Gage, Matilda Electa Joslyn (1826 – 1898)
Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage (24 March 1826 – 18 March 1898) ‘… was a suffragist, a Native American activist, an abolitionist, a freethinker, and a prolific author, who was “born with a hatred of oppression” Gage’s [...]
Boenninghausen, Clemens Maria Franz Baron von (1785 – 1864)
Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (1785 – 1864) Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (12 March 1785 – 26 January 1864) was a German aristocrat, lawyer and agriculturalist who became a student of Samuel [...]
Anthony, Susan Brownell (1820 – 1906)
Susan Brownell Anthony (15 February 1820 – 13 March 1906) was a prominent supporter of homeopathy, forming the National Women Suffrage Association and supporting abolitionism and she spoke out forcefully on behalf of homeopathy all [...]
Gachet, Paul Ferdinand (1828 – 1909)
Vincent van Gogh, Man with a Pipe (Portrait of Dr. Paul Gachet, 15 May 1890). Image credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art Paul Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909 was a [...]
Helmuth, William Tod (1833 – 1902)
William Tod Helmuth MD (30 October 1833 – 15 May 1902) was professor of surgery, dean of the faculty and a trustee of the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Helmuth wrote one of [...]
Bonneval, Bertrand-Henri de (1806 – 1882)
Count Bertrand-Henri de Bonneval M. D. (9 May 1806 – 13 June 1882), was a practitioner of homeopathy, agronomist and philanthropist. Bonneval was one of the earliest French disciples of Samuel Hahnemann. In 1831-2 he [...]
Garfield, James A. (1831 – 1881)
James A Garfield (1831 – 1881), twentieth President of the United States, was surrounded by support from homeopaths and he was an advocate of homeopathy all his life. Garfield’s first cousin Silas A. Boynton was [...]
Fuller, Solomon Carter (1872 – 1953)
Solomon Carter Fuller, M.D. (1 August 1872 – 16 January 1953) was a Liberian neurologist, psychiatrist and professor who was educated at the Homeopathic Boston University Medical College. Fuller spent much of his career working [...]
Steward, Susan McKinney (1847 – 1918)
Susan Maria McKinney Steward M.D. (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was the first African American woman physician in New York state and only the third in the country, qualifying just seven years after the [...]
Bier, August Karl Gustav (1861 – 1949)
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861 – 1949) was a German surgeon and the pioneer of spinal anaesthesia. Bier was unusual for being very open minded in his support of homeopathy, even though he came across [...]
Menninger, Charles Frederick (1862 – 1953)
Charles Frederick Menninger MD (1862 – 1953) founded the Menninger Clinic in Texas. Menninger originally trained as a homeopath and in 1889 graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago. After receiving a second MD [...]