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ELLIS, Alexander John (1814-1890)

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Born: 1814

Died: 1890

Editorial Description

philologist and mathematician of Broadstairs, Kent, and, later, Colney Hatch Park, London; donor and annual subscriber to the London Mesmeric Infirmary; son of James Birch Sharpe; changed name to Ellis in 1825 in order to acquire a bequest; BA Cambridge 1837; admitted Middle Temple, 1835; arranged with Sir Isaac Pitman a system of phonotype, 1843; M Br Assn; FRS 1864, FSA 1870; pres Philological Soc, 1872-4, 1880-2; published the weekly The Fonetic Friend, 1849; M PHREN ASSN, 1842. (MEB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

367.1 — 367.1 "The New Phrenological Association--to editor," Med Times, 27 Aug 1842: 342-3. (calls for unity)

Editorial Information

Identifier	367.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	126
Printed page	121
Database ID	1181

Original Transcription

367. ELLIS, Alexander John (1814-90), philologist and mathematician of Broadstairs, Kent, and, later, Colney Hatch Park, London;
donor and annual subscriber to the London Mesmeric Infirmary; son
of James Birch Sharpe; changed name to Ellis in 1825 in order to
acquire a bequest; BA Cambridge 1837; admitted Middle Temple, 1835;
arranged with Sir Isaac Pitman a system of phonotype, 1843; M Br
Assn; FRS 1864, FSA 1870; pres Philological Soc, 1872-4, 1880-2;
published the weekly The Fonetic Friend, 1849; M PHREN ASSN, 1842. (MEB)