Francis J. H. Wilson

Francis Wilson studied at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC), graduating as a chiropractor in 1990. He was awarded a Master of Science in Clinical Chiropractic (University of Portsmouth) in 2000 and a Doctor of Philosophy (University of Southampton) in 2012.

During the 1990s Francis worked as a chiropractor in both private practice and within the National Health Service. He joined the faculty of the AECC in 1999. Between 2012 and 2014 he was a director of the College. Much of Francis’ teaching focused on professionalism in clinical practice and on understanding chiropractic in modern and historical context. As Caldicott Guardian he helped to safeguard patient confidentiality in the College clinics, overseeing and advising on good practice.

His research interests include the history of manipulative therapy, issues of identity in chiropractic, professions and professionalism. He has written a variety of papers which have been published in peer-reviewed journals, edited the book Chiropractic in Europe: An Illustrated History (Troubador Publishing Ltd., 2007) and contributed to the Praeger Handbook of Chiropractic Health Care (2017). In 2022 he published Manibus, a free web-based resource focusing on developments in the history of joint manipulative practice. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the journal Chiropractic History and has acted as a manuscript reviewer for the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

Over the years Francis has been awarded a number of fellowships, including fellowship of the Royal College of Chiropractors (FRCC), the British Chiropractic Association (FBCA), and the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).