See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• THOMAS WAKLEY (1795-1862)

WAKLEY (1795-1862)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English medical and social reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, and was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early apprenticed to a See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton See also:

• APOTHECARY (from the Lat. apothecarius, a keeper of an apotheca, Gr. aroth is , a store)

apothecary . He then went to See also:

• LONDON

London and qualified as a surgeon, setting up in practice in See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

Regent See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, and marrying (182o) See also:

• MISS

Miss Goodchild, whose See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant and a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital . All through his career See also:

• WAKLEY, THOMAS (1795-1862)

Wakley proved to be a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of aggressive See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality, and his experiences in this respect had a sensational beginning . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1820 a gang of men who had some grievance against him burnt down his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and severely wounded him in a murderous See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault . The whole affair was obscure, and Wakley was even suspected, unjustly, of setting See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to his house himself; but he won his See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case against the See also:

• INSURANCE

insurance See also:

• COMPANY

company which contested his claim . He became a friend of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• COBBETT, WILLIAM (1766-1835)

Cobbett, with whose radicalism he was in sympathy . In 1823 he started the well-known medical weekly See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, the See also:

• LANCET (from Fr. lancette, dim. of lance, lance)

Lancet, and began a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of attacks on the jobbery in See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue among the practitioners of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, who were accustomed to treat the medical profession as a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough . In opposition to the hospital doctors he insisted on See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing reports of their lectures and exposing various malpractices, and he had to fight a number of lawsuits, which, however, only increased his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . He attacked the whole constitution of the Royal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Surgeons, and obtained so much support from among the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• BODY

body of the profession, now roused to a sense of the abuses he exposed, that in 1827 a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament resulted in a return being ordered of the public See also:

• MONEY

money granted to it . But reform in the college was slow, and Wakley now set himself to rouse the House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons from within . He became a See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for parliament, and in 1835 was returned for See also:

• FINSBURY

Finsbury, retaining his seat till 1852 . In this capacity, and also as See also:

• CORONER

coroner for See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex—an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment he secured in 1839—he was indefatigable in upholding the interests of the working classes and advocating humanitarian reforms, as well as in pursuing his See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against medical restrictions and abuses; and he made the Lancet not only a professional See also:

• ORGAN

organ but a powerful See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine of social reform .

He died on the 16th of May 1862, leaving three sons, the proprietor-See also:

• SHIP

ship of the Lancet remaining in the See also:

• FAMILY

family .