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RITCHIE, William (1781-1831)

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Born: 1781

Died: 1831

Editorial Description

journalist and solicitor in Supreme Court of Scotland; joined Charles MACLAREN and others liberals in 1817 in founding the Scotsman newspaper, of which he and Maclaren were joint-editors until his death; an ardent Benthamite; joined the EDIN PHREN SOC in Apr 1820; his son John attended the last meeting of the Soc in Dec 1870. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

959.1 — 959.1 "Master James Hubard [the precocious artist]," PHREN J, 1 (1823/4): 436-42. (Reprinted in R. COX, 1836: 41-7.)
959.2 — 959.2 ["A Metaphysico-Phrenologist"], Observations on the Article on Phrenology, in No. LXXXVIII of the 'Edinburgh Review'. From the 'Scotsman' of Wednesday, October 25th, 1826. Bungay: printed, 1826. Pp. 27. [copy in Combe Coll, NLS]

Editorial Information

Identifier	959.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	286
Printed page	281
Database ID	2699

Original Transcription

959. RITCHIE, William (1781-1831), journalist and solicitor in Supreme
Court of Scotland; joined Charles MACLAREN and others liberals in
1817 in founding the Scotsman newspaper, of which he and Maclaren
were joint-editors until his death; an ardent Benthamite; joined the
EDIN PHREN SOC in Apr 1820; his son John attended the last meeting of the Soc in Dec 1870. (DNB)