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WAKLEY, Thomas (1795-1862)

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Born: 1795

Died: 1862

Editorial Description

London GP, 1818-23; founder and ed THE LANCET from 1823; radical reformer, especially of the old med establishment; friend of ELLIOTSON and patron of phrenology until ELLIOTSON'S take up of mesmerism; M LONDON PHREN SOC, 1824. (DNB)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1157.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	339
Printed page	334
Database ID	3194

Original Transcription

1157. WAKLEY, Thomas (1795-1862), London GP, 1818-23; founder
and ed THE LANCET from 1823; radical reformer, especially of the
old med establishment; friend of ELLIOTSON and patron of phrenology
until ELLIOTSON'S take up of mesmerism; M LONDON PHREN SOC, 1824. (DNB)