James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge

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Margaret M. Crump is an independent scholar in nineteenth-century British intellectual and cultural history and works as an arts educator and artist in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Margaret M. Crump offers the first thorough biography of British scientist and physician James Cowles Prichard (1786–1848), an intellectual giant in the developing human sciences, a pioneering psychiatric theorist, and Europe’s leading anthropologist during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Apologia
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
One: Time and Place: A Bristol Quaker Childhood in a Turbulent World
Two: “A Studious Turn of Mind”: Preparatory Medical Education
Three: MD, Edin:**Lernfreiheit in Scotland and Oxbridge
Four: Citizen, Husband, Gentleman, Physician and Scientist: Getting Established in Bristol, 1810-1816
Five: “Sharpening his Wits upon the Carcasses of the Poor”: Working for Medical Charities
Six: The Single Origin and Unity of Humankind: Creating British Anthropology, 1805-1826
Seven: Epidemics, History and Mythology: Building a Reputation in Bristol 1817-1822
Eight: Nervous Diseases: Neurology and Psychiatry, 1822-1847
Nine: “Irksome Things”: Improving Bristol and Medical Practice, 1823-1826
Ten: The Early Red Lodge Years: Improving Institutions and Publications, 1827-1832
Eleven: Life and Reputation at the Red Lodge: Family, Friends and Science, 1833-1839
Twelve: New Scientists, New Organisations, New Ideas: Creating British Anthropology, 1833-1848
Thirteen: Christian, Humanitarian Anthropology: 1836-1848 Publications and Legacy
Fourteen: From the Red Lodge to Asylumdom: A New Career, 1839-1845
Fifteen: Public Service and Private Misery: Living in London, 1845-1848
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index