Book Launch - James Cowles Prichard: Life and Science in Bristol (Two Centuries Ago)



Date: Thursday 05 June 2025

Opening times: 19:00 - 21:00

Venue: Folk House Cafe

Ticket Price: FREE

Genre: Book Launch

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Margaret Crump’s illustrated talk on the life of scientist James Cowles Prichard traces his childhood in wartime Bristol, his life as a hard-working physician and some of his contributions to the developing sciences.  Her James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge: A Life of Science during the Age of Improvement (University of Nebraska Press, June, 2025), is as much a history of our city as it is of this great Bristolian.

Doors: 19:00

Event 20:00 - 21:00


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Tickets are available online, over the phone or in person.

The Bristol Folk House
40A Park Street
BS1 5JG

0117 926 2987

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