Henry Valentine Knaggs

Henry Valentine Knaggs (1859 to 1954) was an English physician, anti-vaccinationist, naturopath and alternative health writer. He was born on 14 February 1859 in St Pancras, London, the second son of Henry Guard Knaggs and Ellen Mares, and like his father and grandfather he embarked on a medical career. He obtained his LSA in 1881 after studying at University College London, together with the MRCS and LM in the same year and an LRCP from the University of Edinburgh. He served the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company from 1883 to 1886, was resident surgeon at Boscombe Infirmary in 1889, and from 1883 until 1912 was in general practice from 189 Camden Road in London. This entry records what was held and done and is not medical advice.