James Cowles Prichard
| James Cowles Prichard MD, FRS | |||||||||
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| Born | 1786 | ||||||||
| Died | 1849 | ||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||
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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
Death announced 18 Jan 1849
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
Other Material
Bristol U., Wellcome, RGS [papers &c.]