James Crichton-Browne correspondence with Burton Chance
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/101
Scope and Contents
Autograph and typed letters signed, 1926-1936,
from Sir James Crichton-Browne,
praising Burton
Chance’s writings on Sir William Lawrence, Sir James Hutchinson, and history of ophthalmology.
Crichton-Browne
includes account of his meeting with Sir William Lawrence in 1863. Includes autograph
letter signed of Audrey Crichton-Browne,
1938 Mar. 29, to Burton Chance concerning Crichton-Browne’s
death.
Dates
- 1926 - 1936
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Sir James Crichton-Browne,
physician and psychologist, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 29 Nov.
1840. He married (1) Emily Halliday (d. 1903) in 1865 and (2) Audrey Emily Bulwer in 1912. Crichton-Browne
died on 31 Jan. 1938 at Dumfries, Scotland. Crichton-Browne
was educated at Trinity College
and the University of Edinburgh, was a L.R.C.S. (Edinburgh) in 1861, and received his M.D. in 1862. In
1866, he was appointed medical director of the West Riding Asylum at Wakefield. He also edited the West
Riding Lunatic Asylum medical reports. From 1875 until his retirement in 1922, Crichton-Browne
was
Lord Chancellor’s visitor in lunacy. He was one of the first physicians to emphasize recognition of
prodromal symptoms of mental illness. Crichton-Browne
became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883
and was knighted in 1886.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Creator
- Crichton-Browne, Audrey (Audrey Emily Bulwer) (Person)
- Crichton-Browne, James (Person)
- Title
- James Crichton-Browne correspondence with Burton Chance
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
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Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
