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The trail invites you to trace the footsteps of 19th Century doctor Sir Frederick Treves and his life in Dorset. As a resident of Dorchester and a supporter of the hospital, Treves was an eminent surgeon famous for befriending the "Elephant Man" and performing a life-saving operation on the hospital's patron, King Edward VII.
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School Life
DCH 175 Treves Trail
YouarenowstandinginBarnesWay,namedforourDorsetpoetwhowasFrederickTreves’sfirstteacher.
BarnesSchool,SouthStreetIn1860,attheageof7,
TreveswenttotheschoolinSouthStreetkeptbytheDorsetPoet,Rev.WilliamBarnes,whosewriKngs
preservetheDorsetdialect.
TrevesalsoaLendedDorchesterGrammarSchoolforafewmonthsbeforeaLendingTheMerchantTaylors’SchoolinLondon.
StatueofRev.WilliamBarnes,courtesyofDorset
CountyMuseum
Inhisbook"HighwaysandByways:inDorset“,Trevesdescribestheschoolandhisexperiencethere:‘...WilliamBarnes.HecametoDorchesterfromMere,andthedwellinginquesKonwasthethirdhehadoccupiedsincehetriedhisfortuneinthelarger
town.Itwashere,atatenderage,thatIhadmyfirstexperienceofschoollife.’
‘MyrecollecKonofthepoetandphilologististhatofthegentlestandmostkindlyofmen.Hisappearancewaspeculiar.Hehadwhitehairandalongwhitebeard,andalwaysworekneebreechesandshoeswithlargebuckles.OutofdoorshedonnedacuriouscapandasKllmorecuriouscape,whileIneversawhimwithoutabagoverhisshoulderandastoutstaff.During
schoolhourshewasinthehabitofpacingtheroominareverie,happilyobliviousofhisdullsurroundings.’
‘IrememberoncethatsomeforbiddenfruitofwhichIwaspossessedrolledacrosstheschoolroomfloor,andthatIcrawleda[eritinthewakeofthedreamingmaster,Heturnedsuddenlyinhiswalkandstumbledoverme,tomyintensealarm.Whenhehadregainedhisbalanceheapologisedveryearnestlyand
resumedhiswalk,unconsciousthattheobjecthehadfallenoverwasascholar.Ihaveo[enwonderedtowhichofhischarming
poemsIowedmyescapefrompunishment.’
