George Bodington

George Bodington
Bodington in 1830
Born1799 (1799)
Calverton, Buckinghamshire, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died5 February 1882(1882-02-05) (aged 82–83)
Rocksall House, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, UKGBI
Education
Spouse
Ann Bodington
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(m. 1827)​
Children6
Relatives

George Bodington (1799–1882) was a British general practitioner and pulmonary specialist.

Career

Bodington was born in 1799 in Calverton, Buckinghamshire.[1] Educated at Magdalen College School, Bodington began an apprenticeship at age 17 under the surgeon Mr Sayer in Atherstone.[1][2] A year later Bodington undertook a second apprenticeship under the surgeon Mr Wheelstone in the City of London.[1][2]

Bodington continued his training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, which at the time did not have a formal medical college or grant formal qualifications.[1][2] In 1825, Bodington obtained a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries.[1][2]

Career

Bodington became a physician and GP in Erdington (then in Warwickshire, now West Midlands).

His great professional interest was pulmonary disease and in 1836 he acquired the asylum and sanitorium at Driffold House, Maney, Sutton Coldfield.

In 1840 he published his essay, On the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption, condemning contemporary treatments and advocating instead dry frosty air, gentle exercise, and a healthy diet. This was attacked by reviewers in the Lancet[3] and he became disenheartened with his work.

In 1843, Bodington obtained his medical degree from the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.[1]

He later turned to the treatment of insanity. In 1851 the local census recorded eleven "lunatics" and six staff, including the doctor and his family, at Driffold House. In 1859, Bodington was awarded a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.[1]

At some point the asylum was moved to the White House, Maney, which was demolished in 1935 to provide a site for an Odeon cinema (now part of the Empire Cinemas group). In 1881 the Doctor was living at Manor Hill where his two daughters ran a girls boarding school. The census of that year shows nine pupils of which five were nieces.

He was also a local politician and served on the Sutton Corporation for forty years (having as usual being appointed for life).

Personal life

On 6 October 1827, Bodington married Ann Bodington (née Fowler) at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Aston.[1][4] The couple had six children, the eldest of whom was George Fowler Bodington, a physician who specialised in mental disorders.[1][5][6] The grandfather of the lawyer and writer Oliver Bodington and the Canadian radio announcer Maurice Bodington, Bodington was the great-grandfather of the journalist and intelligence officer Nicolas Bodington and the father-in-law of the writer Alice Bodington.[5][7][8]

Bodington died on 5 February 1882 at Rocksall House, Sutton Coldfield.[2][9]

Works

  • An Essay on the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1840.

Further reading

  • Jane Davage, The life and times of George Bodington,
  • Cyriax, Richard J. (January 1925). "George Bodington: The pioneer of the sanatorium treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis". British Journal of Tuberculosis. 19 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1016/S0366-0850(25)80009-7.
  • Cyriax, Richard J. (April 1941). "George Bodington1799-1882". British Journal of Tuberculosis.
  • British Medical Journal George Bodington's Obituary 11 March 1882
  • Sutton Coldfield News 20.4.1956 reporting Birmingham Civic Society plaque unveiled at 165 Gravelly Hill, Erdington.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i MacFarlane, Andrew. "Dr George Bodington 1799–1882" (PDF). Proceedings of the Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group. 11 (Summer). Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire: Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Obituary, Geo Bodington, M.D.Erlangen, L.R.C.P.Edin., L.S.A." British Medical Journal. London: 362. 11 March 1882. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1106.362. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  3. ^ Keers, Robert (July 1980). "Two forgotten pioneers. James Carson and George Bodington". Thorax. 35 (7): 483–489. doi:10.1136/thx.35.7.483. PMC 471318. PMID 7001666.
  4. ^ "George Bodington and Ann Fowler". Birmingham Church of England Parish Registers; Aston, St Peter and St Paul; 1825–1827. Birmingham: Library of Birmingham: 330. 1827.
  5. ^ a b Lightman, Bernard (12 July 2018). "Bodington [née Brooke], Alice (1840–1897), popularizer of science". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.109737. Retrieved 22 August 2026. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "George Bodington". Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841; Warwickshire; Sutton Coldfield; District Driftfold Lunatic Asylum. Kew, Richmond: The National Archives: 1. 1841.
  7. ^ "O. E. Bodington Dies in Paris". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. 17 November 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  8. ^ Pepin, Paulette Lynn (20 July 2026). "Nicolas Bodington – SOE's Baker Street Enigma". Journal of Intelligence History. International Intelligence History Association: 1–18. doi:10.1080/16161262.2026.2709932. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  9. ^ "Bodington George Esq.". Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London: Principal Probate Registry. 1882. p. 77.

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