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.
Munster, Harold Valdemar (1871 – 1917)
Harold Valdemar Munster, with wife Louise. Image credit: Shirley Anderson Harold Valdemar Munster M.D. M.B. C.M. (6 January 1871 – 20 April 1917) was a British homeopathic physician. He was Medical Officer and [...]
Musard, Philippe (1792 – 1859)
Philippe Musard (8 November 1792 – 31 March 1859) was a French violinist, conductor and composer, the Paris equivalent of Glenn Miller in the 1820s. Philippe Musard was a staunch advocate of homeopathy, and he [...]
Nankivell, Herbert Wright (1843 – 1912)
Herbert Wright Nankivell M.D. M.R.C.S. (c.1843 – 6 April 1912) was a homeopathic physician who was Surgeon to St. James Homeopathic Hospital, Doncaster, Surgeon at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary, Surgeon at the Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital, [...]
Nankivell, John Hicks (1809 – 1888)
John Hicks Nankivell M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (1809 – 12 December 1888) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become Surgeon at the York Homeopathic Dispensary. He was General Secretary to the 1872 British [...]
Nash, Eugene Beauharnais (1838 – 1917)
Eugene Beauharnais Nash (8 March 1838 – 6 November 1917) was an American graduate from the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital in 1874. Nash taught at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, and was the President of [...]
Neatby, Edwin Awdas (1858 – 1933)
Edwin Awdas Neatby M.D. (16 November 1858 – 1 December 1933) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a physician at the London Homeopathic Hospital, Consulting Physician at the Buchanan Homeopathic Hospital [...]
Neatby, Thomas Miller (1866 – 1944)
Source: Brethren Archive Thomas Miller Neatby M.D. M.A. M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. (21 April 1866 – 30 September 1944), son of minister and homeopath Dr. Thomas Mossforth Neatby (1835 – 1911), and the cousin of [...]
Necher, Georg Friedrich von (1770 – 1848)
Georg Friedrich von Necher Georg Friedrich von Necher (sometimes misspelled Neckar/Necker) MD (ca. 1770 – ca. 1848) was family physician to the Intendant General and commander of the Austrian army in Italy, Baron [...]
Neidhard, Charles (1809 – 1895)
Charles Neidhard (1809 – 1895). Image credit: Egbert Cleave, Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons. (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1873) p. 58 Charles Neidhard M.D. (1809 – 17 April 1895) was [...]
Neild, Edith (1874 – 1927)
Edith Neild (1874 – 1927) in 1891. Image courtesy John Neild. Edith Neild M.B. L.R.C.P. L.R.C.S. L.F.P.S (15 January 1874 – 29 August 1927) was a pioneering British homeopathic doctor. Edith Neild was [...]
Neild, Frederic (1847 – 1926)
Frederic Neild in 1870. Image courtesy John Neild. Frederic Neild M.D. C.M. L.R.C.P. (27 August 1847 – 29 January 1926) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Consulting Physician [...]
Newell, Grace Helen (1899 – 1979)
Grace Helen Newell M.B. B.S. M.F.Hom (4 February 1899 – 23 June 1979) was an English homeopathic physician and medical missionary. For over two decades she was a Council Member of the Faculty of Homeopathy. [...]
Newman, George (1812 – 1887)
George Newman (4 May 1812 – 9 April 1887) (sometimes spelled Newnham) LRC Phys. Edin. MRCS London (St. Bartholomew’s) was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and practiced in Glastonbury. George Newman was on [...]
Norland, Misha (1943 – 2021)
Misha Norland Source: School of Homeopathy Misha Norland (13 June 1943 – 27 November 2021) was an influential British homeopath who started practice and teaching in London, and later moved to Devon, where [...]
Norman, George (c. 1849 – 1938)
George Norman Image Source: Bath Freemasons George Norman M.R.C.S. L.S.A. (c. 1849 – 7 November 1938) was an homeopathic surgeon, antiquarian, churchman, and Freemasonic scholar, who spent his entire career in Bath, Somerset. [...]
Norton, John Edward (c. 1819 – 1871)
John Edward Norton M.D. M.R.C.S. (c. 1819 – 5 December 1871) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become a Physician at the Birkenhead Homeopathic Dispensary, and a committee member of the [...]