Richard Poole (physician)

[1] He was editor of the New Edinburgh Review, and published articles promoting phrenology in the early 1820s;[6] it existed 1821 to 1823.[8] Poole joined the editorial staff of the Encyclopædia Edinensis under James Millar.[13] In the late 1830s he was a pioneer advocate of mental health reform,[14] and in 1838 he became superintendent of the Montrose Asylum, succeeding W. A. F. Browne.[3] Poole died in Coupar Angus on 18 February 1870 aged 88 at the house of his daughter, Mrs Kirkwood.[23] Their children included Samuel Wordsworth Poole, a physician and episcopal clergyman.
Bust of Richard Poole owned by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal Lunatic Asylum, Montrose, in 1840.
phrenologistEdinburghPrinces StreetCanongateEdinburgh's Old TownUniversity of St AndrewsNew Edinburgh ReviewEncyclopædia EdinensisJames MillarinfirmaryRoyal College of Physicians of EdinburghAesculapian ClubHarveian Society of EdinburghMontrose AsylumW. A. F. BrowneCoupar AngusSt. Machar's CathedralAberdeenArchibald Alisonmental retardationAndrew Duncan, the elderWilliam FettesEdinburgh EncyclopædiaEncyclopædia BritannicaGlasgow