Bob Johnson

male
psychiatric medication, talking cure, psychosurgery, HMP Parkhurst, Dr Bob Johnson, Claybury Asylum…theRetreat
Dr Bob Johnson is a psychiatrist and an outspoken opponent of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery in general. He currently acts as...
William Tuke

William Tuke

male, deceased (1822)
York, Religious Society of Friends, From York, insane, English, Businessman…theRetreat
William Tuke (March 24, 1732 - 1822) was an English businessman and philanthropist. Tuke was born at York. His name is connected with the humane...
Samuel Tuke

Samuel Tuke

male, deceased (1857)
York, quaker, English, insane, Ackworth Old Scholar, From York…theRetreat, Description of the Retreat near York, York Retreat
Samuel Tuke, son of Henry Tuke was born at York, England. He greatly advanced the cause of the amelioration of the condition of the insane, and...

Robert Evans

male, 32 years old
BBC 2W, HTV, abergavenny, BBC One, Recorded for Training Purposes, Leslie's Electric Video…The Watkins Report, Mary's in the Shed, theRetreat
Robert Evans (born April 30, 1977) is a playwright and actor. Born in Abergavenny, South Wales, he graduated in English at Oxford Brookes...
Melissa Schuman

Melissa Schuman

female, 25 years old
silent scream, musician, Melissa Amber Schuman, Love Don't Cost a Thing, theRetreat, TRL…The Hollow
Melissa Amber Schuman (born August 21, 1984) is an American singer and actress. Schuman is best known for her role in the all girl teen band Dream....
Daniel Hack Tuke

Daniel Hack Tuke

male, deceased (1895)
York, York School of Medicine, Journal of Mental Science, Manual of Psychological Medicine, Insanity in Ancient and Modern Life, lunacy…theRetreat
Daniel Hack Tuke (April 19, 1827 - March 5, 1895) was physician and expert on mental illness from England. Tuke came from a long line of Quakers...
Henry Tuke

Henry Tuke

male, deceased (1814)
York, quaker, humanitarian, Non-fiction writer, English, his father…theRetreat
Henry Tuke (1755-1814) co-operated with his father in the reforms at the Retreat asylum in York, England. He was the author of several moral and...

Sir William Charles Ellis

deceased (1839)
Doctor, Non-fiction writer, Psychiatrist, apothecary, lincolnshire, knighthood…theRetreat, York Retreat
Sir William Charles Ellis (1780-1839) was born in Alford Lincolnshireon the 10th March 1780. His early career was as an apothecary but he soon took...