Explore our extensive database of over 1000 articles incorporating biographies of those who have influenced homeopathy over the years. Compiled by leading homeopathic expert Sue Young, with additional contributions from medical historian Dr Mel Draper. The biographies have been kindly donated by Sue Young and originally appeared on sueyounghistories.com.
McKechnie, John Hamilton (1828 – 1903)
John Hamilton McKechnie (Mackechnie) M.D. (8 December 1828 – 28 January 1903) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He was a Fellow and Council Member of the British Homeopathic Society and in 1885-6 [...]
Menninger, Charles Frederick (1862 – 1953)
Charles Frederick Menninger MD (1862 – 1953) founded the Menninger Clinic in Texas. Menninger originally trained as a homeopath and in 1889 graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago. After receiving a second MD [...]
Metcalfe, James Bell (1815 – 1890)
James Bell Metcalfe M.D. M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (1815 – February 5, 1890) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. James Bell Metcalfe was a student of Paul Francois Curie at the London Homeopathic Medical [...]
Meyer, Veit (1815 – 1872)
Veit Meyer M.D. (17 February 1815 - 22 April 1872) was a German Jewish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become the co-editor of the Homöopathische Vierteljahrschrift, and editor of the Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung. [...]
Miles, Martin (1947 – 2007)
Martin Miles Source: HomeoResearch.com Martin Miles FSHom (29 August 1947 – 27 September 2007) was one of Britain’s most eminent homeopaths. A student of Thomas Lackenby Maughan, Miles began practicing homeopathy in 1974. [...]
Miller, Robert Gibson (1862 – 1919)
Robert Gibson Miller M.B. C.M. (ca. 14 May 1862 – 10 May 1919) was a Scottish orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy. At the outset of his career Miller travelled to St. Louis to train [...]
Miller, William Burnett Douglas (c. 1899 – 1970)
William Burnett Douglas Miller (c. 1899 – 6 January 1970) MB ChB Glasgow 1923 was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Douglas Miller was House Surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and Demonstrator of [...]
Mirrlees, Elizabeth (1829 – 1902)
Elizabeth Mirrlees (3 November 1829 – 17 June 1902) was a Scottish-born philanthropist and staunch supporter of homeopathy. In 1881, she founded the Buchanan Homeopathic Hospital at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in memory of her aunt, [...]
Moir, John Moorhead Byres (1853 – 1928)
John Moorhead Byres Moir M.D. C.M. (5 April 1853 – 4 July 1928) MD CM Edinburgh and London was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, and who was a House Surgeon and Consulting Physician [...]
Monestrol, Jean François Anne Julien de Durand de Nougarède de (1804 – 1868)
Jean François Anne Julien de Durand de Nougarède de Monestrol (12 October 1804 – 11 September 1868) was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He was a colleague of François Perrussel, and in [...]
Moore, George Lennox (1834 – 1890)
George Lennox Moore M.D. L.R.C..P. M.R.C.V.S. (1834 – 1890) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become personal homeopathic physician to a number of British royals and aristocrats, including Alexandra of Denmark, [...]
Moreton, Augustus Henry [Macdonald] (1804 – 1862)
Augustus Henry Moreton MacDonald of Largie (24 June 1804 – 14 February 1862) was elected as the MP for West Gloucester in 1832, and his brother Henry George Francis Reynolds Moreton, Second Earl of Ducie, [...]
Morgan, Samuel (1832 – 1920)
Samuel Morgan M.D. M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (3 September 1832 – 19 December 1920) was an English homeopathic physician who worked for twenty years at the Bath Homeopathic Hospital. He was subsequently instrumental in the foundation of [...]
Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793 – 1880)
Lucretia Coffin Mott (3 January 1793 – 11 November 1880) was an American Quaker minister, a social reformer, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. It was not simply a coincidence that a large number of leading [...]
Mueller, Clotar Moritz (1818 – 1877)
Clotar Moritz Mueller (Müller/Muller) (25 August 1818 - 10 N0vember 1877) was the son of Moritz Wilhelm Mueller. He was an early advocate of homeopathy, and an editor of the German homeopathic periodical, Homöopathische Vierteljahrschrift. [...]
Muhlenbein, Georg August Heinrich (1764 – 1845)
Georg August Heinrich Muhlenbein (15 October 1764 – 8 January 1845) was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become one of the founders and the President of the Central Society of Homeopathic [...]