L. Forbes Winslow
L. Forbes Winslow | |
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Picture of L. Forbes Winslow, by Bassano, 1898 | |
| Born | Lyttelton Stewart Forbes Winslow 30 January 1844 Marylebone, London |
| Died | 8 June 1913 (aged 69) Portland Place, London |
Lyttelton Stewart Forbes Winslow MRCP (31 January 1844 – 8 June 1913) was a British psychiatrist, possibly the most controversial one of his time, famous for his involvement in the Jack the Ripper and Georgina Weldon cases during the late Victorian era.
He was a lecturer on insanity at Charing Cross Hospital and a physician to the West End Hospital and the North London Hospital for Consumption, as well as founder of the British Hospital for Mental Disorders in London and a vice-president of the Psycho—Therapeutic Society.