Quotes:Prichard, James Cowles

Zirkoff, Boris

Prichard, James Cowles. English physician, ethnologist and scholar, b. at Ross, Herefordshire, 1786; d. 1848. Educ. in medicine, Bristol, London and Edinburgh. Upheld ethnol. theory of primitive unity of human race. Mastered French, Italian, Spanish, modern Greek; engaged in classical studies. Specialized in Celtic research and was the first one to show Indo-Germanic character of Celtic languages. Commissioner of lunacy, London, 1845. Virtually founder of anthropological science in England. Works: A Review of the Doctrine of the Vital Principle. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1829. 8vo. — The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations. Oxford, 1831. 8vo. — Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. London, 1813. 8vo.; 3rd ed. 1836-47, 5 vols.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 379