James G. Wakley

James Goodchild Wakley (December 1825 in Brompton – 30 August 1886 in Longcross) was a physician and later co-joint editor along with his older brother of the general medical journal The Lancet, from 1862 when his father died, to his death in 1886.[1][2] Wakely was principally known as one of the most vociferous and public critics of Lord Joseph Lister's antiseptic technique, indeed becoming his nemesis.[3]

James G Wakley

Life

Wakley was the youngest son of the English surgeon and politician Thomas Wakley[1] and Elizabeth Goodchild, whose father was a merchant and a governor of St Thomas' Hospital.[4] Wakley had three siblings, but his sister had died young. He had two brothers, His eldest brother was Henry Membury Wakley (1824–1903) who became a barrister and sat as deputy coroner under his father. His other older brother was Thomas Henry Wakley (1821–1907).[4][5]

Education

His early education was completed at a school in the village of Hanwell, that is now part of the London Borough of Ealing.[1] Wakley then attended University College London where his professional training was completed. In 1849 he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 1852 he was awarded a Doctor of Medicine at King's College, Aberdeen.[1]

References
  1. Wakley, James (September 1886). "James G. Wakley, M.D." The Lancet. 128 (3288): 463–465. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)13287-9.
  2. McMenemey, W. H. (29 September 1973). "The Lancet 1823–1973". The British Medical Journal. 3 (5882): 680–684. doi:10.1136/bmj.3.5882.680. JSTOR 25421399. PMC 1587006. PMID 4795432.
  3. Gaw, Jerry L. (7 June 2000). ""A Time to Heal": The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Series. 89 (1): ii-v+vii+ix+xi-xii+1-173. doi:10.2307/3185883. JSTOR 3185883.
  4. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wakley, Thomas" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 250–251.
  5. Waller, Edmund (13 April 1907). "Thomas Henry Wakley, F.R.C.S.Eng". British Medical Journal. 1 (2415): 903–904. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2415.903. PMC 2357313.
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