Jeremy Selman-Troytt - A Quick Illustrated Overview from Birth to Death

(More comprehensive details are available from Jeremy's time line, L'Ampere's Introduction, the Life & Context page, Journals, or Selected Works)

1868

Jeremy born to ruthless and brutal glazing magnate, Josiah Selman-Troytt. From an early age Jeremy shows an aversion to glass which infuriates his father.

1880

Increasingly marginalised he becomes reliant upon directing his own education. Determines upon a life of scientific research.

1884

Looking ever inward he begins an extensive study of himself which will last the rest of his life. He becomes fascinated by minutiae and the ailments of the sick, particularly the wealthy sick.

1892

Achieves fame through the notoriety of his diverse publications, which meet with mixed reviews including several death threats. He embarks upon a search for a wife. Researches, writes and publishes in an accelerating daily cycle. His father becomes more brutal.

1894

Many of the ailing seek his advice, even though he is without formal qualifications or training. He establishes a part-time consulting practice at his parent's home in Berkeley Square, London. His correspondence swells. Father now very brutal indeed.

1897

As part of his burgeoning research program, he focuses increasingly on the dream of making a portable prepuce retractor. He will wrestle with its inherent technical challenges for the rest of his life.

1916

Tragically crushed by falling masonry whilst tri-cycling. He leaves behind a voluminous correspondence with key figures of the era and over 150,000 pages of detailed scientific observations.

1948

The Selman-Troytt Appreciation Society founded by Finlay Finlayson. Over the ensuing years its membership swells prodigiously.