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English surgeon and writer
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Stephen Townesend |
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 Townesend in 1899 |
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| Born | 1860 |
| Died | May 1914(1914-05-00) (aged 53–54) |
| Occupations | Surgeon, actor, activist, writer |
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(m. 1900; div. 1902) |
Stephen Chapman Townesend[a] FRCS (1860 – May 1914) was an English surgeon, stage actor, writer and anti-vivisectionist.
Biography
Stephen Chapman Townesend was the son of a rector in London. He was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the University of Edinburgh.[1] He qualified M.R.C.S. in 1883 and F.R.C.S. in 1887. He was surgeon on the Orient Steamship Company’s line, house surgeon at St Mark’s Hospital and at Birmingham General Hospital.[1] Townesend was a stage actor under the name Will Dennis and assisted the Amateur Dramatic Society of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.[1][2]
In 1900, he married Frances Hodgson Burnett in Genoa.[3] He was involved with the stage adaptations of her novels. They divorced two years later.[4] Townesend was an anti-vivisectionist, who was described as loving animals more than people.[5]
Townesend died in Colney Heath from pneumonia in May 1914.[1][6]
Selected publications
Notes
- ^ His second name has also been cited as Townsend
