Percy Charles Edward d'Erf Wheeler
Percy Charles Edward d'Erf Wheeler FRGS[1] (1859–1944) a medical missionary of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (now known as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People), spent 24 years (1885–1909) as head of the English medical institution in Jerusalem. Wheeler dedicated the years he served in Palestine to promote the medical condition of the Jews as a means of missionary work. The most significant of his achievements was his leading role in the founding of the new British Hospital for the Jews in Jerusalem, the flagship of the British presence in Palestine, inaugurated in 1897.
Percy Charles Edward d'Erf Wheeler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1859 |
| Died | 1944 |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine |
| Institutions | British Hospital for the Jews |
References
- "Second Meeting, 23rd November, 1891. Election of Fellows". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. New Series. 13: 731–732. 1891.
- Perry, Yaron; Lev Efraim (May 2008). "Dr Percy Charles Edward d'Erf Wheeler (1859-1944): a notable medical missionary of the Holy Land". Journal of Medical Biography. England. 16 (2): 105–8. doi:10.1258/jmb.2006.006077. PMID 18463082. S2CID 208045855.
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