RT Journal
T1 JOhn chapman (1822-1894) sponsor of george eliot
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD December 15
VO 210
IS 11
SP 2084
OP 2085
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160370068019
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160370068019
AB John Chapman, popular socialite in Victorian England (especially among economic and political reformers before he took medicine seriously), was born in Nottingham, the son of a chemist. Nor were his contributions in the practice of medicine or medical writing commensurate with his works as publisher and editor or with his eminence among the advanced writers and philosophers of the times as appraised by Poynter.1 Most of Chapman's youth was spent at the village of Ruddington before he was apprenticed to a watchmaker of Worksop. This venture soon lost its appeal, and he sought asylum with his eldest brother studying medicine in Edinburgh; the latter subsequently provided money and supplies to set him up as a watchmaker and optician in Adelaide, Australia. Chapman was not destined for business in small wares, however, and he returned to train for medicine first in St. Bartholomew's Hospital and later in Paris.By 1843,