'He Went About Doing Good': the Life of Dr Edward Thomas Wilson of Cheltenham

by David Elder

The life of Dr Edward Thomas Wilson of Cheltenham has never been told. Overshadowed both by his son, the Antarctic explorer who perished with Captain Scott at the South Pole, and his brother, renowned for his heroic attempt to rescue General Gordon at Khartoum, his story is intriguingly complex. A municipal pioneer of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, he instigated modern medical practices, such as isolation fever hospitals, district nursing and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914407253
• ISBN13: 9781914407253
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Hobnob Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"