DR WILLIAM PRICE (1800-1893)
| 1800 | On the 4th of March William Price was born to Rev. William Price and his wife Mary. He had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. |
| 1820 | Enrolled at the Royal College of Surgeons, London. |
| 1821 | Qualified as a doctor, passing his examinations in just 12 months, a feat no student has achieved before or since. Returned to Wales. |
| 1836 | Price attended a secret Chartist meeting where he was elected leader of the Pontypridd and District section of the Charter. |
| 1839 | As a result of the Newport uprising a warrant for his arrest was issued. Price fled to France disguised as a woman and was helped up the gangplank by the police inspector sent to apprehend him. |
| 1839 – 1846 | Met Dr Christian Hahnemann, a pioneer of homeopathy and began to buy homeopathic remedies to use on his own patients. Claimed to translate the hieroglyphics on the stone of Carnac that declared him to be a direct descendant of the high priest of the Druids. Returned to Wales. |
| 1848 | Met Megan Evans and they lived together out of wedlock for 12 years. |
| 1848 – 1860 | Attempted transplant surgery, replacing the shinbone of an injured miner with a piece of bone from a calf. First daughter born. Price openly criticised smoking and believed that the ‘Devil’s weed’ was a dirty custom and harmful to one’s health. He once threw a gentleman’s pipe from a moving train, threatening that the gent would follow if he complained. |
| 1860 | Lost a land dispute and refused to pay the fine. A warrant for his arrest was issued. He fled to France again, this time hidden in a trunk. |
| 1866 | Returned to Wales. |
| 1870 | Met Gwenllian Llewelyn and lived with her until his death. |
| 1871 | Price supported the Aberdare and Rhondda coal miners strike. |
| 1875 | Met Karl Marx. |
| 1883 | First son born. |
| 1884 | Son died and was cremated. |
| 1886 | First crematorium opened in Woking. |
| 1893 | William Price died on the 31st January. br /> 20,000 people attended his funeral. |
| 1947 | Plaque from the Cremation Society of Great Britain unveiled in Llantrisant. |
| 1982 | Statue of William Price was erected in the Bull Ring, Llantrisant. |
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