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416: 239:. The polygamous aspects led to a campaign to discredit him, fronted especially by a group of London radicals, The Men and Women's Club, founded in 1885 to discuss matters of gender and sexuality. Its success led to the discrediting too of his son, Charles Howard, whose bigamy was attributed to his father's theories. In 1887, Charles Howard and Mary Ellen Boole, the eldest daughter of 478: 131:. After working there for about a year he became clerk in an insurance office. His evenings were spent in intense study, and this, combined with a concentration on moral problems, so affected his health that, aged eighteen, he tried to seek refuge from his own thoughts by running away to sea. His intention having been discovered, he was sent, on the advice of his doctor, to 69: 25: 219:
He was also a radical advocate of polygamous relationships, and according to his wife, had once remarked to her: "Christ was the saviour of Men but I am the saviour of Women and I don't envy him a bit." The notoriety of his writings on polygamy led to accusations in polite society of actual
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extend Hinton's concern over social problems to prostitution in Whitechapel, which became the hunting grounds for the Ripper after his death. Their suggestion is that his concerns over prostitution among the lower classes greatly influenced Gull, who was put forward as a Ripper suspect in
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in 1863, he soon acquired a reputation as the most skillful aural surgeon of his day. In the 1870s his health began to break down, and in 1874 he gave up practice. He died the following year at the
216:(1874). On account of their fresh and vigorous discussion of many of the important moral and social problems of the times his writings had a wide circulation on both sides of the Atlantic. 147:, where he stayed some time. He returned to England in 1850, and entered into partnership with a surgeon in London, where he soon had his interest awakened specially in 235:, appeared in 1878 but overlooked references to polygamy. Some philosophical writings were published posthumously, edited by his wife Margaret and sister-in-law 513: 436: 543: 533: 87:. He was an outspoken advocate of polygamy. He appears as a character in some fictional accounts of the 19th century English serial murderer known as 548: 538: 431: 46: 33: 397: 378: 508: 283: 298:
theorising and speculation. His character is used as a complementary figure to the more worldly – and less compassionate – Dr. Gull.
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to study for the medical profession. After receiving his diploma in 1847, he was for some time assistant surgeon at
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An Atlas of the membrana tympani with descriptive text; being illustrations of diseases of the ear
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Hinton's association with the murders has much to do with both Knight's book and
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Man and his Dwelling Place: An Essay towards the Interpretation of Nature
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His career as an author started in 1856 with papers on physiological and
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to take medical charge of the free labourers on their voyage thence to
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and other works. James was educated at his grandfather's school near
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Gerry Kennedy, The Booles and the Hintons, Atrium Press, July 2016
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Gerry Kennedy, The Booles and the Hintons, Atrium Press, July 2016
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immorality leading to a renunciation of them just before he died.
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Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
262:In their fictional graphic novel on the Ripper, 243:and Mary Everest, exiled their family to Japan. 83:and author. He was the father of mathematician 406:, Vol 1, No 2 (Apr 1876), pp. 247–252 by 328:A cultural history of higher space, 1853-1907 8: 440:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 196:(1862), as well as another series entitled 113:History and Topography of the United States 410:. Published by: Oxford University Press. 49:of all important aspects of the article. 339:Havelock Ellis papers, British Library. 320: 158:After being appointed aural surgeon to 388:. John W. Parker and son (reissued by 166:of "acute inflammation of the brain". 45:Please consider expanding the lead to 7: 514:19th-century English medical doctors 369:. Smith, Elder and Co. (reissued by 251:Because of his association with Sir 284:Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution 139:, but the same year he went out to 330:, work in progress, Mark Blacklock 14: 544:19th-century English male writers 534:English male non-fiction writers 476: 414: 308:White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings 23: 37:may be too short to adequately 539:People from Reading, Berkshire 47:provide an accessible overview 1: 549:Physicians of Guy's Hospital 459:Edith Mary Oldham Lees Ellis 509:English non-fiction writers 475:(public domain audiobooks) 182:; and in 1859 he published 111:minister and author of the 16:English surgeon (1822–1875) 570: 390:Cambridge University Press 371:Cambridge University Press 231:, with an introduction by 214:The Place of the Physician 206:Questions of Aural Surgery 192:, afterwards published as 184:Man and his Dwellingplace 133:St Bartholomew's Hospital 437:Encyclopædia Britannica 384:Hinton, James. (1859). 365:Hinton, James. (1862). 454:James Hinton: a Sketch 73: 469:Works by James Hinton 85:Charles Howard Hinton 71: 504:English philosophers 247:Portrayal in fiction 253:William Withey Gull 210:The Mystery of Pain 180:Christian Spectator 151:, and also studied 408:Joseph Frank Payne 198:Thoughts on Health 105:John Howard Hinton 101:Reading, Berkshire 74: 529:British ethicists 519:English Anglicans 398:978-1-108-00123-6 379:978-1-108-00070-3 189:Cornhill Magazine 64: 63: 561: 480: 479: 441: 420: 418: 417: 358: 355: 349: 346: 340: 337: 331: 325: 225:Life and Letters 178:subjects to the 59: 56: 50: 27: 19: 569: 568: 564: 563: 562: 560: 559: 558: 484: 483: 477: 448: 430:, ed. (1911). " 426: 415: 413: 362: 361: 356: 352: 347: 343: 338: 334: 326: 322: 317: 257:Jack the Ripper 249: 237:Caroline Haddon 172: 99:He was born at 97: 89:Jack the Ripper 60: 54: 51: 44: 32:This article's 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 567: 565: 557: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 496: 486: 485: 482: 481: 466: 463:Havelock Ellis 452:Facscimile of 447: 446:External links 444: 443: 442: 428:Chisholm, Hugh 411: 401: 382: 367:Life in Nature 360: 359: 350: 341: 332: 319: 318: 316: 313: 281:'s 1976 book, 279:Stephen Knight 274:Eddie Campbell 248: 245: 229:Ellice Hopkins 194:Life in Nature 171: 168: 160:Guy's Hospital 137:Newport, Essex 96: 93: 62: 61: 41:the key points 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 566: 555: 554:Hinton family 552: 550: 547: 545: 542: 540: 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 491: 489: 474: 470: 467: 464: 460: 456: 455: 450: 449: 445: 439: 438: 433: 432:Hinton, James 429: 424: 423:public domain 412: 409: 405: 402: 399: 395: 391: 387: 383: 380: 376: 372: 368: 364: 363: 354: 351: 345: 342: 336: 333: 329: 324: 321: 314: 312: 310: 309: 304: 303:Iain Sinclair 299: 297: 293: 288: 286: 285: 280: 275: 271: 267: 266: 260: 258: 254: 246: 244: 242: 238: 234: 230: 226: 221: 217: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 190: 185: 181: 177: 169: 167: 165: 161: 156: 154: 150: 149:aural surgery 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 121:Nonconformist 119:, and at the 118: 114: 110: 106: 103:, the son of 102: 94: 92: 90: 86: 82: 78: 70: 66: 58: 48: 42: 40: 35: 30: 26: 21: 20: 453: 435: 403: 385: 366: 353: 344: 335: 323: 306: 300: 296:metaphysical 291: 289: 282: 263: 261: 250: 241:George Boole 227:, edited by 224: 222: 218: 213: 209: 205: 204:(1874), and 201: 197: 193: 187: 183: 179: 173: 157: 141:Sierra Leone 112: 98: 77:James Hinton 76: 75: 72:James Hinton 65: 52: 36: 34:lead section 499:1875 deaths 494:1822 births 457:, 1918, by 233:Sir WW Gull 212:(1866) and 129:Whitechapel 488:Categories 315:References 270:Alan Moore 268:, authors 153:physiology 123:school at 305:'s novel 292:From Hell 265:From Hell 125:Harpenden 55:July 2019 39:summarize 473:LibriVox 392:, 2009; 373:, 2009; 170:Writings 425::  176:ethical 145:Jamaica 109:Baptist 81:surgeon 461:(Mrs. 419:  396:  377:  164:Azores 117:Oxford 404:Mind 394:ISBN 375:ISBN 272:and 223:His 95:Life 471:at 434:". 290:In 490:: 311:. 287:. 259:. 155:. 107:, 91:. 400:) 381:) 57:) 53:( 43:.

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lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

surgeon
Charles Howard Hinton
Jack the Ripper
Reading, Berkshire
John Howard Hinton
Baptist
Oxford
Nonconformist
Harpenden
Whitechapel
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Newport, Essex
Sierra Leone
Jamaica
aural surgery
physiology
Guy's Hospital
Azores
ethical
Cornhill Magazine
Ellice Hopkins
Sir WW Gull
Caroline Haddon
George Boole
William Withey Gull

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