Edward William Brabrook

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Sir Edward William Brabrook (1839–1930) C.B. F.S.A. was a civil servant and author, and an anthropologist with a special interest in folklore.^[1]^[2] He was a member of the Folklore Society and a fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London.

A lawyer by training, he became the senior registrar of friendly societies and wrote extensively on the law relating to working-class self-help institutions, promoting legal guides for industrial and provident (co-operative) societies, trade unions, and savings banks.

His works included a proposal for an "Ethnographic Survey of the United Kingdom" put to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, coordinating activities of the Folklore Society, Anthropological Institute and Society of Antiquaries.^[3] He was president of the Anthropological Institute in 1895-1897.^[4]

He died at Wallington and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

References

↑ "Oxford Biography Index entry: Edward Brabrook". abstract. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
↑ "Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B. (obit.)". Nature 125 (3156): 642–642. 1930. doi:10.1038/125642a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
↑ "Ethnographic Survey of the United Kingdom" Alison Petch, Researcher 'The Other Within' project. Pitt Rivers Museum
↑ "BRABROOK, Edward William". Who's who, biographies, 1901: page 187.

External links

Works written by or about Edward William Brabrook at Wikisource
Eugenics and pauperism Eugen Rev. 1910 January; 1(4): 229–241.

Guy Medallists

Gold Medallists

Charles Booth (1892)
Robert Giffen (1894)
Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900)
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907)
Patrick G. Craigie (1908)
G. Udny Yule (1911)
T. H. C. Stevenson (1920)
A. William Flux (1930)
A. L. Bowley (1935)
Major Greenwood (1945)
R. A. Fisher (1946)
A. Bradford Hill (1953)
E. S. Pearson (1955)
Frank Yates (1960)
Harold Jeffreys (1962)
Jerzy Neyman (1966)
M. G. Kendall (1968)
M. S. Bartlett (1969)
Harald Cramér (1972)
David Cox (1973)
G. A. Barnard (1975)
Roy Allen (1978)
D. G. Kendall (1981)
Henry Daniels (1984)
Bernard Benjamin (1986)
Robin Plackett (1987)
Peter Armitage (1990)
George E. P. Box (1993)
Peter Whittle (1996)
Michael Healy (1999)
Dennis Lindley (2002)
John Nelder (2005)
James Durbin (2008)
C. R. Rao (2011)

Silver Medallists

John Glover (1893)
Augustus Sauerbeck (1894)
A. L. Bowley (1895)
F. J. Atkinson (1897)
C. S. Loch (1899)
Richard Crawford (1900)
Thomas A. Welton (1901)
R. H. Hooker (1902)
Yves Guyot (1903)
D. A. Thomas (1904)
R. H. Rew (1905)
W. H. Shaw (1906)
N. A. Humphreys (1907)
Edward Brabrook (1909)
G. H. Wood (1910)
R. Dudfield (1913)
S. Rowson (1914)
S. J. Chapman (1915)
J. S. Nicholson (1918)
J. C. Stamp (1919)
A. William Flux (1921)
H. W. Macrosty (1927)
Ethel Newbold (1928)
H. E. Soper (1930)
J. H. Jones (1934)
E. C. Snow (1935)
R. G. Hawtrey (1936)
E. C. Ramsbottom (1938)
L. Isserlis (1939)
H. Leak (1940)
M. G. Kendall (1945)
Harry Campion (1950)
F. A. A. Menzler (1951)
M. S. Bartlett (1952)
J. O. Irwin (1953)
L. H. C. Tippett (1954)
D. G. Kendall (1955)
Henry Daniels (1957)
G. A. Barnard (1958)
E. C. Fieller (1960)
D. R. Cox (1961)
P. V. Sukhatme (1962)
George E. P. Box (1964)
C. R. Rao (1965)
Peter Whittle (1966)
Dennis Lindley (1968)
Robin Plackett (1973)
James Durbin (1976)
John Nelder (1977)
Peter Armitage (1978)
Michael Healy (1979)
M. Stone (1980)
John Kingman (1981)
Henry Wynn (1982)
Julian Besag (1983)
J. C. Gittins (1984)
A. Bissell
W. Pridmore (1985)
Richard Peto (1986)
John Copas (1987)
John Aitchison (1988)
F. P. Kelly (1989)
David Clayton (1990)
R. L. Smith (1991)
Robert Curnow (1992)
A. F. M. Smith (1993)
David Spiegelhalter (1994)
B. W. Silverman (1995)
Steffen Lauritzen (1996)
Peter Diggle (1997)
Harvey Goldstein (1998)
Peter Green (1999)
Walter Gilks (2000)
Philip Dawid (2001)
David Hand (2002)
Kanti Mardia (2003)
Peter Donnelly (2004)
Peter McCullagh (2005)
Michael Titterington (2006)
Howell Tong (2007)
Gareth Roberts (2008)
Sylvia Richardson (2009)
Iain M. Johnstone (2010)
P. G. Hall (2011)

Bronze Medallists

William Gemmell Cochran (1936)
R. F. George (1938)
W. J. Jennett (1949)
Peter Armitage (1962)
James Durbin (1966)
F. Downton (1967)
Robin Plackett (1968)
M. C. Pike (1969)
P. G. Moore (1970)
D. J. Bartholomew (1971)
G. N. Wilkinson (1974)
A. F. Bissell (1975)
P. L. Goldsmith (1976)
A. F. M. Smith (1977)
Philip Dawid (1978)
T. M. F. Smith (1979)
A. J. Fox (1980)
S. J. Pocock (1982)
Peter McCullagh (1983)
Bernard Silverman (1984)
David Spiegelhalter (1985)
D. F. Hendry (1986)
Peter Green (1987)
S. C. Darby (1988)
S. M. Gore (1989)
Valerie Isham (1990)
M. G. Kenward (1991)
C. Jennison (1992)
J. A. Tawn (1993)
R. F. A. Poultney (1994)
Iain M. Johnstone (1995)
J. N. S. Matthews (1996)
Gareth Roberts (1997)
D. Firth (1998)
P. W. F. Smith
J. Forster (1999)
J. Wakefield (2000)
Guy Nason (2001)
Geert Molenberghs (2002)
Peter Lynn (2003)
Nicola Best (2004)
Steve Brooks (2005)
Matthew Stephens (2006)
Paul Fearnhead (2007)
Fiona Steele (2008)
Chris Holmes (2009)
O. Papaspiliopoulos (2010)
N. Meinshausen (2011)

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Name	Brabrook, Edward William
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Date of death	1930
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