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English physician and chess writer

Adolphe WahltuchMD LRCP
Born(1837-05-19)19 May 1837
Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 November 1907(1907-11-25) (aged 70)
Rusholme, Manchester, United Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Kiev
Spouse Anna Goldschmidt ​(m. 1866)​
RelativesVictor Wahltuch (son)
Medical career
InstitutionsVictoria Jewish Hospital
Hulme Dispensary
Notable worksA Dictionary of Materia Medica and Therapeutics (1868)

Adolphe Wahltuch LRCP (19 May 1837, Odessa – 25 November 1907, Manchester) was a Russian-born English physician and chess writer. He was known as a successful practitioner and as a prolific writer of medical works.

Biography

Wahltuch was born into a Jewish family in Odessa. He received his M.D. from the University of Kiev in 1860, whereupon he practised for about two years in his native city, and then went to Prague to obtain better clinical experience. At Prague he was a fellow student of Morell Mackenzie. From there, Wahltuch came to London, where he qualified as L.R.C.P. at the Middlesex Hospital in 1863.

Wahltuch then settled in Manchester as a practising physician. He would come to serve as consulting physician of Manchester's Victoria Jewish Hospital, honorary physician of the Hulme Dispensary, and president of the Manchester Clinical Society and of the Manchester Medico-Ethical Association. He was one of the founders of the Manchester Cremation Society, and was a frequent lecturer on hygiene and on scientific and historical subjects.

An avid chess player, Wahltuch edited the chess column in the Manchester Weekly Times, and founded several chess clubs in the city. His son, Victor Wahltuch, would become a well-known chess master.

He died at his residence at Rusholme, Manchester, on 25 November 1907. He was survived by his wife, Anna (née Goldschmidt), and seven children.

Bibliography

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Rosenthal, Harry L. (1906). "Wahltuch, Adolphus". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 457.

  1. ^ "Medical News". The British Medical Journal. 1 (316): 71. 19 January 1867. JSTOR 25206362.
  2. ^ "Adolphe Wahltuch, M.D. Kieff, L.R.C.P. Lond". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2450): 1753. 14 December 1907. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2450.1753. JSTOR 20297068. S2CID 220176895.
  3. Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). "Wahltuch, Adolphe (May 1837–25 November 1907), physician, and Wahltuch, Victor Lionel (24 May 1875–27 August 1953), chess player". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 997. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
  4. Mann, Stephen John (13 April 2013). "Victor Leonard Wahltuch". Yorkshire Chess History. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. Koren, Nathan (1973). Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index. Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-7065-1269-4.
  6. Williams, Bill (1985). The Making of Manchester Jewry, 1740–1875. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-7190-1824-4. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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