Would a non-white scientist or doctor (mixed-race Indian, specifically) have been able to practice their profession publicly in late 19th Century England?

by TheJudgementIsDeath
bettinafairchild

This isn't exactly what you're asking, but you may be interested in the book George and Arthur. It's the true story (though written by Julian Barnes in a somewhat fictionalized style and therefore classed as a novel) of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and George Edalji, whose mother was Scottish and father was Indian. He was a lawyer in England in a Staffordshire village, and was subject to a great deal of harassment and injustice. Not a doctor or scientist, but he was someone with a respectable profession (though he was a solicitor, which was not as prestigious as a barrister). His father, who was Indian, was an Anglican vicar in the same village. He was occasionally harassed as well. Their situation was not a common situation.