Humphry Sandwith III (25 May 1792 – 25 July 1874), was an English physician and prominent Methodist.
Humphry Sandwith III | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 May 1792[1] |
| Died | 25 July 1874 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Jane Ward |
| Children | Humphry Sandwith IV |
Life edit
Sandwith was born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, the son of Humphry Sandwith II (1746–1809), another medical man, and Hannah Backhouse.[1] He had a brother, Thomas Sandwith (1789–1867).[2] He went into medical practice as a surgeon at Bridlington, in 1816.[3]
In 1834, Sandwith moved to London. The reason was that he took the chance to become the first editor of The Watchman, a new Wesleyan Methodist journal, initially published in January 1835. He had made a reputation among Wesleyan Methodists, both as a controversialist, and as someone concerned to circulate their news. The Watchman became a significant and independent voice for them.[4][5][6]
In 1841, Sandwith moved on to Kingston upon Hull, where he became physician to Hull General Infirmary. He graduated M.D. and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[3] He was replaced as editor of The Watchman in 1842.[4]
Sandwith died on 25 July 1874, at Todwick Rectory.[7]
Works edit
- A History of the Epidemic Fever which prevailed in Bridlington and the Neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 (1821)[8]
- A Reply to Lord John Russell's Animadversions on Wesleyan Methodism, in his "Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe", London 1830, pamphlet[9]
- Remarks on the theory and treatment of scarlet fever: with brief notices of the disease as it prevailed epidemically at Bridlington, in 1831 (1835)[10]
- Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Powell (1852)[11]
Family edit
Sandwith married Jane Ward, daughter of the merchant Isaac Ward. Humphry Sandwith, Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, the Rev. Henry Sandwith and Geoffrey Sandwith M.D. were their sons.[2][3] Their daughter Jane married Henry Ward, and was the mother of Humphry Ward.[12]
Notes edit
- ^ a b England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567–1936
- ^ a b J. McDonnell; Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Helmsley and Area Group (1963). A History of Helmsley Rievaulx and District. Stonegate Press. pp. 260–1.
- ^ a b c British Medical Journal. British Medical Association. 1874. p. 190.
- ^ a b Telford, John. "The Life of James Harrison Rigg, D.D., 1821–1909". Internet Archive. London: R. Culley. p. 56. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ Memoir of the Rev. William Shaw: Late General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Missions in South-Eastern Africa. Sold at the Wesleyan Conference Office. 1874. p. 347.
- ^ Kennedy, Dane. "Sandwith, Humphry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24647. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News. Elsevier. 1874. p. 181.
- ^ "A History of the Epidemic Rever, which prevailed in Bridlington and the neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 : Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh". Internet Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Leslie Mitchell (15 July 2006). The Whig World: 1760-1837. A&C Black. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8264-2201-9.
- ^ Humphry Sandwith (1835). Remarks on the theory and treatment of scarlet fever: with brief notices of the disease as it prevailed epidemically at Bridlington, in 1831. Highley.
- ^ Humphry Sandwith; Thomas Powell (1852). Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Powell.
- ^ John Sutherland (1990). Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-19-818587-1.