John Sheldonās less savoury side laid bare
Following the death of surgeon John Sheldon, his long suffering wife Rebecca presented his prized anatomical specimen, the naked, embalmed body of a 24-year-old woman that Sheldon had kept in his bedchamberā¦
John Sheldon ā the first Englishman ‘to fly’
Surgeon John Sheldon had a legitimate claim to having been the first Englishman to make a manned balloon flight and therefore to being among the first ‘to fly’ anywhere outside France, when he made the ascentā¦
John Sheldon had a thirst for scientific knowledge
John Sheldon was a leading 18th century anatomist and surgeon whose pioneering study of the lymphatic system earned him a worldwide reputation and ultimately recognition as one of the foundersā¦
The Sheldons move on to Abberton
JOHN SHELDON (1380-1428) left behind the hills of Rowley Regis to establish his family at Abberton, Worcestershire, due in no small part to his marriage to wealthy heiress Joan (Juana), daughter of John Cottonā¦
John Sheldon and his 95 great-grandchildren
THE STAFFORDSHIRE ADVERTISER newspaper dated 12th June 1802 recorded the passing of the remarkable John Sheldon, who had died in the town of West Bromwich at the grand old age of 102ā¦