title: Samuel Alderman Lomas (1838-1901) the man with two gravestones, his brother Muscot Atkin Lomas (1840-1907) and their lives in Victorian asylums.
abstract: Samuel Alderman Lomas died in the Hertfordshire County Asylum, Hill End, St Albans in 1901. He was buried in the asylum cemetery where two gravestones bear his name. This paper traces his life history and that of his brother Muscot Atkin Lomas. Both were classed as idiots in Victorian society and spent most of their lives -- from childhood until death -- in asylums.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Services for Older Adults, CNWL Foundation NHS Trust, Bentley House, Harrow, UK. claire.hilton@nhs.net
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hilton
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hilton
mesh_terms: D055699:Cemeteries / Q000266:history; D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000266:history*; D011287:Prejudice