Louis Wain

Louis Wain

male, deceased (1939)
Postcard artist, schizophrenia, artist, cat, Psychologist, English…BethlemRoyalHospital, Napsbury Hospital
Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and...
Sydney Smirke

Sydney Smirke

male, deceased (1877)
newcastle upon tyne, John Dobson, Carlton Club, whitehaven, Royal Institute of British Architect, york minster…Royal Gold Medal, Royal Academy, BethlemRoyalHospital
Sydney Smirke (1798 - 8 December1877) was London born English architect during the 19th century, and the younger brother of architect Sir Robert...
Henry Maudsley

Henry Maudsley

male, deceased (1910)
Yorkshireman, Journal of Mental Science, Psychiatrist, University College London, wakefield, English…Maudsley Hospital, BethlemRoyalHospital, Cheadle Royal
Henry Maudsley (1835-1918) was a pioneering English psychiatrist.
Caius Gabriel Cibber

Caius Gabriel Cibber

male, deceased (1700)
sculptor, British, 17th century, leicestershire, Danish, schleswig…BethlemRoyalHospital
Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630-1700) was a Danish sculptor, and the father of Colley Cibber. He was born in the province of Schleswig in Denmark, but...

Edward Oxford

male, 187 years old
high treason, From Birmingham, England, British immigrants to Australia, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Broadmoor Hospital, BethlemRoyalHospital
Edward Oxford (born Birmingham, 1822; date and place of death unknown) was tried for high treason for attempting to assassinate the British Queen,...

Vonn Ströpp

male, 47 years old
Collection de l'Art Brut, American Visionary Art Museum, BethlemRoyalHospital, psychedelia, psychedelic art, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Vonn Ströpp or Vonn Stropp is the most-used of over 123 pseudonyms used by a visionary painter whose work has been described as "a kind of p...

Isaac Marks

male, 74 years old
Alumni of the University of London, Free University of Amsterdam, Institute of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive, Phobia, Maudsley Hospital…BethlemRoyalHospital, royal college of psychiatrist, Bethlem
Isaac Marks was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1935. He trained in medicine there, qualifying in 1956. His training as a psychiatrist began in...
George Savage

George Savage

male, deceased (1921)
physician, English, Psychiatrist, Brighton College, British, Psychiatry…BethlemRoyalHospital
Sir George H Savage (1842-1921). Educated at Brighton College, Savage became Physician-Superintendent of the Bethlem Royal Hospital, President of...
Edward Haytley

Edward Haytley

male, deceased (1764)
Haigh, William Milner, oil painting, oil, roundel, Haigh, Greater Manchester…Bethlem, Royal Hospital Chelsea, BethlemRoyalHospital, Foundling Hospital
Edward Haytley (dates unknown, but work documented 1740 - 1764) was an English portrait and landscape painter of the 18th century. Little is known...

Edward Leigh 5th Baron Leigh

male, deceased (1786)
george iii, Lord Mayor of London, Westminster School, University of Oxford, Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford, Old Westminsters…BethlemRoyalHospital, Bedlam Hospital
Edward Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh was descended from Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558, and inherited the Leigh family seat at Stoneleigh...