Journal of Medical Biography > Volume 17, Number 2 > Pp. 100-105

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Samuel Alderman Lomas (1838–1901) the man with two gravestones, his brother Muscot Atkin Lomas (1840–1907) and their lives in Victorian asylums

Claire Hilton   and Benjamin Hilton 

Correspondence: Claire Hilton, Consultant Psychiatrist, Mental Health Services for Older Adults, CNWL Foundation NHS Trust, Bentley House, 15–21 Headstone Drive, Harrow HA3 5QX, UK (email: claire.hilton{at}nhs.net)

Samuel Alderman Lomas died in the Hertfordshire County Asylum, Hill End, St Albans in 1901. He was buried in the asylum cemetery where two gravestones bear his name. This paper traces his life history and that of his brother Muscot Atkin Lomas. Both were classed as idiots in Victorian society and spent most of their lives – from childhood until death – in asylums.

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