Walter Butler Cheadle
Walter Butler Cheadle (October 1836,
Cheadle was educated at
Together with
Arriving in Quebec City in July 1862, they travelled across the continent, wintering near Fort Carlton. After a challenging and at times humorous summer they reached Victoria, BC.
On returning home, with Milton, he co-authored a book on their adventures, The North-West Passage by Land (London, 1865), which described their expedition in considerable detail, which gained a lot of attention.
He continued his medical studies and received his doctorate in 1865, became assistant at the
Cheadle published the first observation on acute
in 1878.Cheadle practised medicine in London and served as dean of St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in the University of London from 1869 to 1873.
Mount Cheadle, which is located in the Monashee Range of British Columbia, on the east flank of the North Thompson River, 25 km north of Blue River, is named after Cheadle. A small sub-urban town of Cheadle, located in Southern Alberta 20 km east of Calgary, was also named after Cheadle. The town was named by the Canadian Pacific Railway and established in 1902.
References
- ^ "Cheadle, Walter Butler (CHDL855WB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.