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Embalming

This page lists my articles on embalming.



‘The Pioneers of Preservation: The Development of Embalming in the UK’ (1995) The Embalmer Vol 38 No 1 pp.16-24


‘Supply or demand? Perspectives on the increase in the practice of embalming during the 20th century (1997) The Embalmer Vol 40 No 4 pp.6-11


‘George Lear: a fiftieth anniversary tribute’ (2004) The Embalmer Vol 47 No1 pp.11-15


‘Halford Mills: Funeral Reformer and Pioneer of Embalming’ (2005) The Embalmer Vol 48 No3 pp.15-18


‘Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson: A Forgotten Pioneer of Embalming’ (2005) The Embalmer Vol 48 No 4 pp.16-20


‘Salisbury 1906: A Landmark for English Embalmers’ (2006) The Embalmer Vol 49 No 3 pp.18-23


‘Salisbury 1906: A Follow-up’ (2006) The Embalmer Vol 50 No 1 p.22


‘Preservation and Professionalisation: Tracing the Development of the British Institute of Embalmers’ (2007) The Embalmer Vol 50 No 3 pp.16-20


‘From Front Parlour to Funeral Parlour: The Development of the Chapel of Rest and the Funeral Home’ (2008) The Embalmer Vol 51 No3 pp.21-29


‘Embalming in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: A Few Notable Examples’ (2009) The Embalmer Vol 52 No1 pp.11-18


‘The R38 at Hull and the Work of the Embalmers’ (2011) The Embalmer Vol 54 No 3 pp.25-27


‘George Lear Revisited’ (2012) The Embalmer Vol 55 No 4 pp.19-25


‘A Champion of Embalming: Felix A Sullivan’ (2012) The Embalmer Vol 55 No 3 pp.12-16


‘Frederick Wilkinson and his ‘Ethical Standard. Tracing the Origins of the Institute’s Code of Ethics’ (2013) The Embalmer Vol 56 No 3 pp.29-33


‘A Unique Insight into an Early Embalming School’ (2014) The Embalmer Vol 56 No 4 pp.27-29


‘Dr Blyth on the Hygiene of the Death Chamber’ (2014) The Embalmer Vol 57 No 2 pp.41-47 [the hyperlink provided is to a pdf copy of this article]


‘The Western Undertaker and Embalming’ (2015) The Embalmer Vol 58 No 2 pp.22-24


‘Funeral Directors and Distance transportation of the Dead’ (2015) The Embalmer Vol 59 No 4 pp.31-39


‘Caring for the Deceased: Some Observations from Funeral Directors’ Records (2018) The Embalmer Vol 61 No 1 pp.29-35


‘Follow-up: Sir Bernard Spilsbury’ (2024) The Embalmer Vol 67 No 4 pp.47-49


‘Words on Embalming’  (2025) The Embalmer Vol 68 No 2 pp.10-17