Arthur Shadwell

Arthur Shadwell (September 1854 – March 1936) was a British physician and author, specialising in public health, temperance, and wider problems of economics and politics.[1][2]

Arthur Shadwell
Born(1854-09-21)21 September 1854
Died21 March 1936(1936-03-21) (aged 81)
Richmond, London
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford

Career

Arthur Shadwell was an alumnus of Uppingham School and Keble College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1874. He graduated B.A. in 1882, and B.Med.and M.A. in 1883.[3][4] He completed his clinical training at Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[4]

Shadwell was appointed as a medical advisor to the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1900.[5] In September 1908 he was appointed a trustee for the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute of Nurses.[6] Shadwell had worked as an assistant physician in Brighton at the Sussex County Hospital, before he decided to pursue his dream of writing on public health, temperance, and wider problems of economics and politics,[7][8] He wrote numerous books and articles for publications like Maclean's,[9] and in 1892 he was selected to be a special correspondent for The Times.[10][4] After finishing his role as a specialist correspondent for The Times, he continued to work for them as a contributor to The Times Literary Supplement.[11] During 1925-26 Shadwell gave the Fitzpatrick Lecture at the Royal College of Physicians[1] and regularly gave talks to other institutions.[12]

Shadwell's work is still quoted by fellow writers and scholars.[13][14]

Personal life

Shadwell was born in Langton, Yorkshire on the 21 September 1854 to The Reverend Arthur Shadwell.[4]

Shadwell was married twice with his first wife being Bertha James and his second wife being Alice Louise Theobald.[1][15] Shadwell lived in Ham Common, London[4] where he was buried at St Andrews Church.

Bibliography
  • 1883 The Architectural History of the City of Rome, Based on J.H. Parker's "Archaeology of Rome" For the Use of Students[16]
  • 1896 The Economic Aspects of the Bicycle
  • 1898 The Tallerman Treatment by Superheated Dry Air in Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Arthritis, Stiff and Painful Joints, Sprains, Sciatica, and Other Affections: Case Notes and Medical Reports with Numerous Illustrations ISBN 978-1333537630
  • 1899 The London Water Supply ISBN 978-3261014108
  • 1909 Industrial Efficiency[17]
  • 1912 An Encyclopædia of Industrialism ISBN 978-1330412039
  • 1915 Drink, Temperance and Legislation ISBN 978-1010133483
  • 1923 Drink in 1914-1922 A Lesson in Control ISBN 978-1152242166
  • 1925 The Socialist Movement, 1824-1924 ASIN B000L9HQ0W [18]
  • 1926 The Breakdown of Socialism ASIN B002OJFWNU[19]
  • 1929 Typhoeus, Or The Future Of Socialism ASIN B000L6GX1I

References
  1. G H Brown (1936), "Arthur Shadwell", The Lancet, 227 (5874): 731–732, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)57058-5
  2. "DR. ARTHUR SHADWELL; British Author and Lecturer, 81, 'Student of Social Problems". The New York Times. 23 March 1936. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Shadwell, Arthur" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. "Arthur%20Shadwell"%20%26back%3D/tto/archive/find/%252522Arthur+Shadwell%252522+/w:1784-12-31~1985-01-01/1%26next%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/%252522Arthur+Shadwell%252522+/w:1784-12-31~1985-01-01/2 "Dr. Arthur Shadwell. Social Investigation for The Times". The Times. 23 March 1936. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. "The Nursing Record & Hospital World". 13 October 1900. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. "Arthur%20Shadwell"%20%26back%3D/tto/archive/find/%252522Arthur+Shadwell%252522+/w:1784-12-31~1985-01-01/1%26prev%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/%252522Arthur+Shadwell%252522+/w:1784-12-31~1985-01-01/1%26next%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/%252522Arthur+Shadwell%252522+/w:1784-12-31~1985-01-01/3 "Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses". The Times. 5 September 1908. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. "Dr Arthur Shadwell has reprinted from The Times his letters on The Revolutionary Movement of Great Britain". The Spectator. 30 April 1921. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. H. Louis (11 August 1921). "The Coal-mining Industry". Nature. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. "Optimism a Boomerang Does Failure of Post-War World to Readjust Itself Depress Britons to This Extent?". Maclean's Magazine. 1 September 1925. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. "Munks Roll Details for Arthur Shadwell". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  11. "Trent's Last Case (E.C. Bentley)". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. "Forthcoming Meetings Journal of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Volume 5, Issue 3, May 1926, Page 176, doi.org/10.2307/3015409, Published: 01 May 1926". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  13. Marek Kohn (7 March 2013). Dope Girls: The Birth Of The British Drug Underground. ISBN 978-1862076181. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  14. C.L. Graves (4 August 2020). Lauds and Libels. ISBN 978-5519346689. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  15. "Arthur Shadwell, and Alice Louise Shadwell, his widow". Royal Litery Fund. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  16. "The Architectural History of the City of Rome, Based on J.H. Parker's "Archaeology of Rome" For the Use of Students". The J.P. Getty Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  17. "Arthur Shadwell. Industrial Efficiency: A Comparative Study of Industrial Life in England, Germany, and America - The Economic Journal, Volume 16, Issue 62, 1 June 1906, Pages 235–240". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  18. Paul H. Douglas. "The Socialist Movement. By Arthur Shadwell. (London: Philip Allan and Co.1925. Two volumes. Pp. 212; 217.) - State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand. By W. Pember Reeves. (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co.1925. Two volumes. Pp. 391; 367.)". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  19. "Dr. Arthur Shadwell in The Breakdown of Socialism". The Spectator. 13 November 1926. Retrieved 29 January 2021.


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