Collection: James Crichton-Browne correspondence with Burton Chance

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

Crichton-Browne, Audrey (Audrey Emily Bulwer) (Person)

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.