James Cowles Prichard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Cowles Prichard

English physician and anthropologist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1786

Place of Birth: Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1848

Profession: physician, anthropologist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

James Cowles Prichard, FRS (11 February 1786 – 23 December 1848) was a British 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.
From 1845, Prichard served as a Medical Commissioner in Lunacy.
He also introduced the term "senile dementia".