James Cowles Prichard
Born: February 11, 1786
Died: December 23, 1848 (aged 62)
Bio: James Cowles Prichard, MD FRS was an English physician and ethnologist with broad interests in physical anthropology and psychiatry. His influential Researches into the Physical History of Mankind touched upon the subject of evolution. He also introduced the term senile dementia.
Known for:
- Researches Into the Physical History of Man (1813)
- The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations (1831)
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