Thomas Sanderson-Wells

Thomas Henry Sanderson-Wells (12 March 1871 – 1 October 1958) was a British surgeon and nutrition writer.

Biography

Born Thomas Henry Wells in Banbury, Sanderson-Wells was educated at Bloxham School, before receiving his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital. He qualified as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1895. He was made an honorary consulting surgeon at the hospital and went on to become its vice-president. He took interest in organic food and its relationship to human health. He commented that "nature's foods are toothsome and appetising. Even when rough quality and sparse in quantity they supported vigorous populations in this country".

Death

He died without children in Wells, Somerset in 1958. He is buried at the churchyard at Church of St Matthew, Wookey.

Selected publications