Edward Long Fox
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Edward Long Fox 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.
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
at Brislington House, near Bristol, England
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, and classified the patients according to social class
Social class
Social classes are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society. Class is an essential object of analysis for sociologists, political scientists, economists, anthropologists and social historians. In the social sciences, social class is often discussed in terms of 'social stratification'...
as well as behavioural presentation.
He was a member of the Fox family of Falmouth
Fox family of Falmouth
The Fox family of Falmouth, Cornwall, UK were very influential in the development of the town of Falmouth in the 19th century and of the Cornish Industrial Revolution...
, one of the 11 children of Joseph Fox (1729–1784) and Elizabeth Hingston, his wife.