David Urquhart
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David Urquhart (1 July 1805 – 16 May 1877) was a Scottish diplomat, writer and politician, serving as a Member of Parliament from 1847 to 1852.
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Promoter of the Turkish bath
Urquhart introduced Turkish baths into Great Britain. He advocated their use in his book The Pillars of Hercules (1850), which attracted the attention of the Irish physician Richard Barter. Barter introduced them in his system of hydropathy at Blarney, County Cork. The Turkish baths at 76 Jermyn Street, London were built under Urquhart's direction.
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