EPPS (1815-1874) and JAMES EPPS were notable men of their day, the two former as prominent doctors who were ardent converts to homoeopathy, and James as a homoeopathic chemist and the founder of the great cocoa business associated with his name. Among Dr. G. N. Epps's children were Dr. Wash ington Epps, a well known homoeopathist, Lady Alma-Tadema and Lady Gosse.