Walter Robert Hadwen was an English general practitioner, pharmaceutical chemist and writer.
10 Facts About Walter Hadwen
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Walter Hadwen was president of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and an anti-vaccination campaigner, known for his denial of the germ theory of disease.
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Walter Robert Hadwen was born in Woolwich on 3 August 1854.
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Walter Hadwen began his career as a pharmacist in Clapham then Somerset, then subsequently trained as a doctor at Bristol University.
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Walter Hadwen later became a member of the Plymouth Brethren and married Alice Harral in 1878; they had three children.
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Walter Hadwen was a frequent speaker for the National Anti-Vaccination League.
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Walter Hadwen was a member of the London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial.
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Walter Hadwen stated that the "modern germ theory is all bosh".
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Walter Hadwen was active in general practice until he died from a severe heart attack in 1932, age 78.
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Walter Hadwen became a vegetarian in his early twenties when taking a bet from a fellow student that he could live six months without eating meat.