Severin Wielobycki was a Polish centenarian physician who lived in Edinburgh and London.
15 Facts About Severin Wielobycki
2.
Severin Wielobycki was fluent in Polish, German, French, Russian and English.
3.
Severin Wielobycki served as a captain in this resistance movement leading the Volvnian Cavalry Volunteers.
4.
Severin Wielobycki himself took place in 36 battles during the uprising and was one of the most prominent persons in the rebellion.
5.
In 1839 his brother Dionysius Severin Wielobycki who had escaped from prison in Krakow, joined him in Leith.
6.
Unlike Dionysius, who stayed in Edinburgh, Severin Wielobycki decided to emigrate to Canada.
7.
Severin Wielobycki lived in Nova Scotia from 1845 to 1851.
8.
Severin Wielobycki then moved to London and had a successful career as a homeopath there.
9.
Severin Wielobycki retired in 1865 and moved to 1 Alma Villas in Leicester where Dionysus had been living since 1862.
10.
When Dionysius returned to Edinburgh in 1871 Severin Wielobycki returned to London, living in Marylebone.
11.
Severin Wielobycki's health was excellent until 1890 and he would take a daily 12 mile walk to Primrose Hill.
12.
Severin Wielobycki died on 7 September 1893 at his home at 4 Eaton Villas in St John's Wood aged 100 and 8 months.
13.
Severin Wielobycki delivered a speech in March, 1893 that revealed he was a life-long teetotaller and vegetarian for seventeen years.
14.
Severin Wielobycki was vice-president of the Vegetarian Society and of the National Food Reform Society.
15.
Severin Wielobycki attributed his longevity to abstinence from alcohol, animal food and tobacco.