James Pierrepont Greaves 1777 – 1842
James Pierrepont Greaves (1777-1842) was an English mystic, educational reformer, socialist and progressive thinker who founded Alcott House, a short-lived utopian community and free school in Surrey. He described himself as a “sacred socialist” and was an advocate of vegetarianism and other health practices. Greaves was an advocate of homeopathy, and he recommended that his friend Edward Strachey visit a homeopathy for his injured knee (J. [...]
From Hahnemann’s hand to your computer screen: building a digital homeopathy collection
With thanks to Pubmed Lisa A Mix and Kathleen Cameron J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 January; 99(1): 51–56. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Library holds the unique manuscript of the sixth edition of Samuel Hahnemann’s Organon der Heilkunst,the primary text of homeopathy. The manuscript volume is Hahnemann’s own copy of the fifth edition of the Organon with his [...]
Rustum Roy 1924 – 2010
Rustum Roy 1924 – 2010 was an American materials scientist who held visiting professorships in materials science at Arizona State University and in medicine at the University of Arizona, as well as an emeritus position at Pennsylvania State University in three departments. He described himself as a science policy analyst, advocate of interdisciplinary education and [...]
Neal Leon Cassady 1926 – 1968
Neal Leon Cassady 1926 – 1968 was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, Neal Cassady was an advocate of homeopathy, and he consulted homeopath George Ubo in Merida for his remedies,
Thomas Gold Appleton 1812 – 1884
Thomas Gold Appleton 1812 – 1884, son of merchant Nathan Appleton, was an American writer, an artist, and a patron of the fine arts, Appleton was the brother in law of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In England Appleton visited Charles Darwin, and Appleton was a friend of Horace Mann. Thomas Gold Appleton was born on March 31, 1812, [...]
Harris Livermore Coulter 1932 – 2009
Harris Livermore Coulter 1932 – 2009 was an American homeopathic historian, the leading homeopathic historian of the 20th century, Director of Publications for the American Foundation for Homeopathy, a Member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and Advisory Board Member of the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research,
Archibald Richard Shaw 1822 – 1899
Archibald Richard Shaw 1822 – 1899 MD Cleveland USA, was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, Physician at the Hahnemann Homeopathic Dispensary, Physician at the St. Mary’s Homeopathic Dispensary, Shaw practiced in America, but came to the UK in 1864 during the American Civil War when he practiced at 1 Carlton Terrace, St. [...]
Genevieve Ward 1837 – 1922
Dame Genevieve Ward DBE 1837 – 1922, born Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward, was an American born soprano and actress. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1921. Genevieve Ward was a patient of James John Garth Wilkinson (who signed himself ‘your old doctor‘), and a friend of Cecilia Helena Payne [...]
Robert MacLimont 1825 – 1863
Robert MacLimont ?1825 – 1863 MD University Medical College New York, MRCS 1852, was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, MacLimont practiced in Guernsey, where he was in partnership with John Ozanne, and after several years of travel abroad in Rome, Nice and Madeira, he settled in Bath where he was appointed as [...]
Jerome David Salinger 1919 – 2010
Jerome David Salinger 1919 – 2010 was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980. Salinger was an advocate of homeopathy, and in a typed letter signed by [...]
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