John Spriggs Morss (John) Churchill (1801–75)

Bookseller and medical publisher. Originally a retailer of medical texts; became a publisher in the 1830s. Published The Lancet, 1842–7; the Medical Times from 1850; the Medical Times and Gazette from 1852. Engaged solely in publishing from 1854. Settled in Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London in 1862. Retired, 1870.