Sir Henry Thompson

British physician

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In cremation: Modern cremations
…1874, when Queen Victoria’s surgeon, Sir Henry Thompson, published his influential book Cremation: The Treatment of the Body After Death. He also organized the Cremation Society of England in association with Anthony Trollope, Sir John Tenniel, the dukes of Bedford and Westminster, and other articulate critics of burial practices. Although…
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