A memoir of John Deakin Heaton, M. D., of Leeds.

  • Reid, T. Wemyss (Thomas Wemyss), 1842-1905.
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A memoir of John Deakin Heaton, M. D., of Leeds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    it was natural (Miou^Ii llici'cfoi'c lli;it lie should Ije allowed to work to the lull extent (d liis powers. He had his recom])en,sc in the knowled^j^e tliat he h;id aidcMl to no small cxU^nt in iIk; ini|)r()veiiient and advanc-enient ol his native town. rci-Jiaps Ik; hinisclf was unaware of the; degree t(j wliich llif progress of Leeds in w^liieh he assisted was acf',oni();iiiied by pro- gress on his own ])art. Yet tliose who knew him best, and who watched his life most closely, saw nujst clearly how liis own character was developed by the work in which he was engaged ; and liow, whilst labouring; with unremitting zeal for the elevation of those around him, he underwent a corresponding elevation on his own part. When he died, with startling suddenness, his col- leagues in public work first began to realise all that he had been and all that he had done in the affairs of Leeds; and they saw then that one had gone from among them who had really played a far larger jiart in the community to which they belonged than many wdiose names were more familiar to the world. It was natural then that a wish should be expressed that the facts of this useful life of patient labour should be put on record ; and that the story of the man himself should be connected as closely as possible with the story of the towm he loved and for which he did so much. It is w^th the object of gratifying this wish that the present volume has been prepared.