Sir James Crichton-Browne

Biographical Summary

BROWNE, SIR JAMES CRICHTON-. 29/11/1840-31/01/1938. Ref: 217. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Knight(1886).
• Place of Birth: 3 St John's Hill, Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: Dumfries.
• Profession: Physician, Psychologist.
• Appointments Held: Medical Superintendent 1865-6, Borough Asylum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 1866-75, West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorks; Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy 1875-1922.
• Schools and Tutors: Dumfries Academy; Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire.
• Undergraduate Studies: LRCSE (1861).
• Postgraduate Studies: MD(Edinburgh 1862), LL.D (Hon Aberdeen, St Andrews 1879, Edinburgh, Leeds), D Sc(Hon Leeds).
• Publications: "Leaves from a Doctor's Diary".
• Marital Status: Married 1st (1865) Emily Halliday d.1903, 2nd (1912) Audrey Emily Bulwer.
• Mother: Magdalene Howden Balfour.
• Father: William Alexander Francis Browne FRSE 1805-85.
• Other Family: Nephew of John Hutton Balfour FRSE 1808-84, and cousin of Sir Isaac Bailey Balfour FRSE 1853-1922.
• References: DNB 1931-1940, 1949, 106-7; Obituary Notices of Fellows of The Royal Society,2,519-21 signed G.M.Holmes.(portrait); Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 58, 1937-38, 266-7; A Boyle et. al. Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 4, 1983; Who Was Who 3.
• Memberships: FRS(1883), President of the Medico-Psychological Association, the Neurological Society and the Medical Society of London and National Health Society.
• Date of Election: 03/01/1870.
• Proposers: John Hutton Balfour (Billet 6/12/1869).
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 125
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