THE AUTHOR

Brief biography

Francis was born in Guildford, Surrey, the son of a medical doctor. He was educated at St. George’s College, Weybridge, where he was the Captain of the School between 1985 and 1986. He then studied at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, graduating as a chiropractor in 1990. He was awarded a Master of Science by the University of Portsmouth in 2000 and a Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Southampton in 2012.

During the 1990s Francis worked as a chiropractor both for the National Health Service and in the private sector. He joined the faculty of the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in 1999, becoming a senior lecturer in 2005, and then a director of the College in 2012. 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. Francis has been awarded a number of fellowships, including fellowship of the Royal College of Chiropractors and of the Higher Education Academy.

In 2017 he moved to Cumbria, where together with his wife Rachel he established Furness Chiropractic, initially maintaining a link with the AECC University College (formally the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic) as a visiting senior research fellow. Francis is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the journal Chiropractic History and a reviewer for the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

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