Dr. Lynn
(Axbridge, England: 30th May 1836 - 20th March 1899)
Stage name since 1873 of John Wesley Simmons, aka "Washington Blythe", "Washington Simmons", and "Simmons". Debut as amateur (in Royal Navy) in 1858. World-travelled pro from 1862 until retired in 1895. Father of J.W. Lynn.
Illustrator and author. As "Washington Simmons" wrote The Wizard's Pocket Book (1863, 16pp). Autobiography is The Adventures of the Strange Man, Dr. H.S. Lynn (1873, 57pp; other eds 1877, 1878). Later republished in an expanded edition as How It's Done and Recollections of India (1882).