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RICHARDSON, Benjamin Ward (1828-1896)

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Born: 1828

Died: 1896

Title: Sir

Editorial Description

phys; author of Hygeia (1875) and founder and ed J Public Health; MRCS 1856, FRCS 1865, FRS 1867; pres Med Soc of London, 1868; executor of G. CRUIKSHANK. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

953.1 — 953.1 "Physics of the Brain [containing a section on 'After Willis, and Gall']," Popular Science Rev, 6 (1867): 415-27. (GALL rendered things less obscure, less nominal, but the metaphysical road was easier than the physical--hence phrenology.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	953.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	285
Printed page	280
Database ID	2692

Original Transcription

953. RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828-96), phys; author of
Hygeia (1875) and founder and ed J Public Health; MRCS 1856,
FRCS 1865, FRS 1867; pres Med Soc of London, 1868; executor of
G. CRUIKSHANK. (DNB)