Edward Long Fox

Edward Long Fox
Edward Long Fox
Born	1761
Died	1835
Nationality	United Kingdom
Fields	Psychiatry
Known for	Pioneer of mental health-care

Edward Long Fox (1761–1835) was a British psychiatrist. He established an insane asylum at Brislington House, near Bristol, England, and classified the patients according to social class as well as behavioural presentation.

He was a member of the Fox family of Falmouth, one of the 11 children of Joseph Fox (1729–1784) and Elizabeth Hingston, his wife.

References

Smith, Leonard (Jun. 2008). "A Gentleman's mad-doctor in Georgian England: Edward Long Fox and Brislington House". History of psychiatry (England) 19 (74 Pt 2): 163–84. doi:10.1177/0957154X07081136. ISSN 0957-154X. PMID 19127837.

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Name	Fox, Edward Long
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Date of birth	1761
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Date of death	1835
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