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Collection of William Alexander Francis Browne

Catalogue reference: DEP/BWA

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This record is about the Collection of William Alexander Francis Browne dating from c1830 - c1860.

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DEP/BWA
Title
Collection of William Alexander Francis Browne
Date
c1830 - c1860
Description

Browne was President of the Plinian Society, Edinburgh, Scotland and a physician at Stirling, Scotland in 1830. He was also the superintendent of Montrose lunatic asylum; superintendent of Crichton Institute at Dumfries in 1839; and Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland, 1857–70. [Source: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/namedef-678] Contents: Notebook, c1830-c1860; manuscript edition of 'What Asylums Were, Are and Ought to Be', c1836

Held by
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Alexander Francis Browne
Physical description
4 volumes
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Collection of William Alexander Francis Browne