Guy T. Wrench
British agronomist and physician
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Guy Theodore Wrench (3 February 1877 – 8 January 1954) was a British agronomist, nutritionist, and physician. He was a pioneer of the organic movement.[1]
Guy T. Wrench | |
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| Born | 3 February 1877 Kingston upon Thames, England |
| Died | 8 January 1954 (aged 76) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Occupations | Agronomist, physician |
Biography
Wrench was educated at Repton School. He graduated M.B., B.S. in 1903 and M.D. in 1904 from London University.[2] He had several years experience of agrobiology in India.[3] Wrench was Assistant Master of Rotunda Hospital.[4][5]
Wrench's best known work was The Wheel of Health, a study of the nutritional research of Sir Robert McCarrison and of the Hunza people.[6][7][8] The book has been described as a "classic of the early organic movement."[9] It was dedicated to Lord Northbourne.[10] In 1939, Wrench published an article in the British Medical Journal on soil health and how it relates to human health.[11]
Wrench communicated with other early organic pioneers in Britain including Albert Howard and Gerard Wallop.[9] He died at his home in Karachi, Pakistan.[12]
Selected publications
- Rotunda Midwifery for Nurses and Midwives (1908)
- The Grammar of Life (1908)
- The Mastery of Life (1911)
- Practical Obstetrics (with E. Hastings Tweedy, 1912)
- Lord Lister: His Life and Work (1913)
- The Healthy Marriage (1916)
- Healthy Wedded Life (1923)
- A Textbook Of Domestic Medicine And Surgery (1926)
- The Causes of War and Peace (1926)
- The Wheel of Health (1938)
- The Restoration of the Peasantries (1939)
- Reconstruction by Way of the Soil (1946)