Arthur Shadwell (September 1854 – 21 March 1936) was a British physician and author, specialising in public health, temperance, and wider problems of economics and politics.

Career

Arthur Shadwell was an alumnus of

Uppingham School Uppingham School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils 13–18) in Uppingham, Rutland, England, founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester, who also established Oakham School. ...

and

Keble College, Oxford Keble College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University Museum a ...

where he matriculated in 1874. He graduated B.A. in 1882, and B.Med.and M.A. in 1883. He completed his clinical training at Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, and became a Fellow of the

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. Shadwell was appointed as a medical advisor to the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1900. In September 1908 he was appointed a trustee for the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute of Nurses. Shadwell had worked as an assistant physician in

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at the

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, before he decided to pursue his dream of writing on public health, temperance, and wider problems of economics and politics, He wrote numerous books and articles for publications like

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, and in 1892 he was selected to be a special correspondent for

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. 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. During 1925-26 Shadwell gave the

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and regularly gave talks to other institutions. Shadwell's work is still quoted by fellow writers and scholars.

Personal life

Shadwell was born in Langton, Yorkshire on the 21 September 1854 to The Reverend Arthur Shadwell. Shadwell was married twice with his first wife being Bertha James and his second wife being Alice Louise Theobald. Shadwell lived at Pond Cottage and Old Yard House, Ham Common, London 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'' * 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'' * 1899 ''The London Water Supply'' * 1909 ''Industrial Efficiency'' * 1912 ''An Encyclopædia of Industrialism'' * 1915 ''Drink, Temperance and Legislation'' * 1923 ''Drink in 1914-1922 A Lesson in Control'' * 1925 ''The Socialist Movement, 1824-1924'' ASIN B000L9HQ0W * 1926 ''The Breakdown of Socialism'' ASIN B002OJFWNU * 1929 ''Typhoeus, Or The Future Of Socialism'' ASIN B000L6GX1I

References

*Bartleby. (n.d.). Retrieved from The Library of the World's Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes.: http://www.bartleby.com/library/readersdigest/1033.html *Brown, G. H. (n.d.). Lives of the fellows. Retrieved from Royal College of Physicians : https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/arthur-shadwell 1854 births 1936 deaths Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians People educated at Uppingham School Burials at St Andrew's Church, Ham {{physician-stub