page_title: John Milson Rhodes
hierarchical_section_title: John Milson Rhodes
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque on Didsbury station clock, in front of the former Didsbury station, which was erected as a memorial to Dr J. Milson Rhodes.
context_page_description: Dr John Milson Rhodes was a general practitioner in the suburb of Didsbury, Manchester, UK. He was noted as a pioneer of social reform.
  He was born at Broughton, Salford in 1847 and studied medicine in Glasgow and at Owen's College, Manchester. He was a member of the Chorlton Board of Guardians from 1882 and involved with the workhouse which later became Withington Hospital. He helped to set up the Styal Cottage Homes. He established the Northern Workhouse Nursing Association and the Chorlton workhouse became a pioneer of trained nursing, held out by Florence Nightingale as an example.
  He established the Langho Colony for Epileptics in 1904 and was involved with the David Lewis Epileptics Colony.
context_section_description: Dr John Milson Rhodes (1847- 25 September 1909) was a general practitioner in the suburb of Didsbury, Manchester, UK. He was noted as a  pioneer of social reform.
  He was born at Broughton, Salford in 1847 and studied medicine in Glasgow and at Owen's College, Manchester. He was a member of the Chorlton Board of Guardians from 1882 and involved with the workhouse which later became Withington Hospital. He helped to set up the Styal Cottage Homes.  He established the Northern Workhouse Nursing Association and the Chorlton workhouse became a pioneer of trained nursing, held out by Florence Nightingale as an example.
  He established the Langho Colony for Epileptics in 1904 and was involved with the David Lewis Epileptics Colony.
caption: Plaque commemorating Dr.J.Milson Rhodes
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