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ESL Council 1845-46 Vice President<br />ESL Council 1846-47  President<br />ESL Council 1847-48  President<br />ESL Council 1848-49  President [died Dec. 1848]
 
ESL Council 1845-46 Vice President<br />ESL Council 1846-47  President<br />ESL Council 1847-48  President<br />ESL Council 1848-49  President [died Dec. 1848]
 
=== House Notes ===
 
=== House Notes ===
Corresponding member of the Institute of France <br />Death announced 18 Jan 1849<br /><br />1856.05.28 Mrs Prichard, the widow of Dr Prichard, has presented a companion lithograph also handsomely framed and glazed, of her deceased husband, who died President of the Society. This also adorns the library [STILL HAVE THIS]
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Corresponding member of the Institute of France <br /><br />1846.05.23 Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm having expressed his determination to resign as President of the Society, & Samuel Duckworth Esq. as Treasurer of the Society, it was Resolved that James Cowles Prichard MD be requested to allow his name to be put in nomination at the Anniversary Meeting on the 29th instant as President, & Sir James Clark Bart MD as the Treasurer of the Society; that Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm & Lord Francis Egerton MP be requested in the same manner to be put in nomination as Vice Presidents in the room of His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin & James Cowles Prichard MD. Resolved that the following Gentlemen be requested to allow their names to be put in nomination at the forthcoming Anniversary as members of Council: The Archbishop of Dublin, William Ogilby Esq., MD, Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, William Twining MD, Rev. Frederick William Hope, Thomas Southwood Smith MD, Samuel Duckworth Esq.<br /><br />1849.01.18 Death announced <br /><br />1856.05.28 Mrs Prichard, the widow of Dr Prichard, has presented a companion lithograph also handsomely framed and glazed, of her deceased husband, who died President of the Society. This also adorns the library [STILL HAVE THIS]
 
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
 
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
 
James Cowles Prichard, MD, FRS (11 February 1786 – 23 December 1848) was an English physician and ethnologist. His influential Researches into the Physical History of Mankind touched upon the subject of evolution. He was also the first person to name senile dementia
 
James Cowles Prichard, MD, FRS (11 February 1786 – 23 December 1848) was an English physician and ethnologist. His influential Researches into the Physical History of Mankind touched upon the subject of evolution. He was also the first person to name senile dementia
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== Related Material Details ==
 
== Related Material Details ==
 
=== RAI Material ===
 
=== RAI Material ===
 
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Natural History of Mankind (A101/5)
 
=== Other Material ===
 
=== Other Material ===
 
Bristol U., Wellcome, RGS [papers &c.]
 
Bristol U., Wellcome, RGS [papers &c.]

Revision as of 07:25, 28 May 2020

James Cowles Prichard

James Cowles Prichard
MD, FRS
Prichard, James Cowles.jpg
Born 1786
Died 1849
Occupation medical
Society Membership
membership ESL Ordinary Fellow
left 1849 deceased
elected_ESL 1844.02.01
societies Institute of France
Royal Society



Notes

Office Notes

ESL Council 1845-46 Vice President
ESL Council 1846-47 President
ESL Council 1847-48 President
ESL Council 1848-49 President [died Dec. 1848]

House Notes

Corresponding member of the Institute of France

1846.05.23 Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm having expressed his determination to resign as President of the Society, & Samuel Duckworth Esq. as Treasurer of the Society, it was Resolved that James Cowles Prichard MD be requested to allow his name to be put in nomination at the Anniversary Meeting on the 29th instant as President, & Sir James Clark Bart MD as the Treasurer of the Society; that Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm & Lord Francis Egerton MP be requested in the same manner to be put in nomination as Vice Presidents in the room of His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin & James Cowles Prichard MD. Resolved that the following Gentlemen be requested to allow their names to be put in nomination at the forthcoming Anniversary as members of Council: The Archbishop of Dublin, William Ogilby Esq., MD, Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, William Twining MD, Rev. Frederick William Hope, Thomas Southwood Smith MD, Samuel Duckworth Esq.

1849.01.18 Death announced

1856.05.28 Mrs Prichard, the widow of Dr Prichard, has presented a companion lithograph also handsomely framed and glazed, of her deceased husband, who died President of the Society. This also adorns the library [STILL HAVE THIS]

Notes From Elsewhere

James Cowles Prichard, MD, FRS (11 February 1786 – 23 December 1848) was an English physician and ethnologist. His influential Researches into the Physical History of Mankind touched upon the subject of evolution. He was also the first person to name senile dementia

Publications

External Publications

In 1813 he published his Researches into the Physical History of Man, in 2 vols, on essentially the same themes as his dissertation in 1808. The book grew until the 3rd ed of 1836-47 occupied five volumes; second-4th ed. published under title: Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. The 4th edition was also in 5 volumes

House Publications

On the relations of ethnology to other branches of knowledge delivered at the anniversary meeting 22 jun. 1847

Related Material Details

RAI Material

Natural History of Mankind (A101/5)

Other Material

Bristol U., Wellcome, RGS [papers &c.]