title: Thomas Wakley (1795-1862): a biographical sketch.
abstract: Thomas Wakley--founding editor of The Lancet, member of Parliament, coroner and, for 12 years, all three simultaneously--died 150 years ago. His fullest biography is more than a century old, but still provides a good account of the struggles and achievements of this extraordinary yet at times rather difficult and overstretched man. Nonetheless, there are gaps, and this anniversary provides a chance to fill in a few of them.
authors.affiliation: davidwsharp@sky.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics