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Latham, Robert Gordon. Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, May 11, 1829. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Thomas [Brasenose College, Oxford, 1788], V. of Billingborough, Lincs. B. there Mar. 24, 1812. Matric. Lent, 1830; B.A. 1833; M.A. 1836; M.D. 1844. Fellow, 1832-48. At St Bartholomew's Hospital. L.R.C.P., 1842; F.R.C.P., 1846. M.D., London. Studied philology at Hamburg, Copenhagen and Christiania. Professor of English Language and Literature at University College, London, 1839; produced his textbook on The English Language, 1841. Assistant Physician and Lecturer at the Middlesex Hospital, 1844-9. Director of the Ethnological Dept. of the Crystal Palace, 1852, when he made his celebrated protest against the central Asian theory of the origin of the Aryans, supporting views which have since been strongly advocated. Completed a revision of Johnson's Dictionary, 1870. Author, Descriptive Ethnology (2 vols.); The Ethnology of India; Dissertation on the Hamlet of Saxo Grammaticus and of Shakespeare, etc. Accorded a pension of £100 from the Civil List, 1863. Died Mar. 9, 1888, at 156, Upper Richmond Road, Putney. (Boase, II. 313; King's Coll. Reg.; Medical Directories; D.N.B.; The Guardian, Mar. 14, 1888.) | Robert Gordon LATHAM Approx. lifespan: 18121888 Adm King's College, a scholar from Sch: Eton 1829:05:11 Eldest s. of Rev. Thomas LATHAM Brasenose College [Oxford] (1788), V.: Billingborough, Lincolnshire , b. there 1812:03:24 Matric 1830:01LT: BA 1833 MA 1836 MD 1844 Fellow 1832-48 At: St Bartholomew's Hospital [London], LRCP 1842 FRCP 1846 MD, London. Studied philology Hamburg, [Germany], Copenhagen, [Denmark], and Christiania [Oslo] [Norway], Professor of: English Language and Literature Sch: University College London , 1839 produced his textbook on The English Language 1841. Assistant Physician and Lecturer at: : Middlesex Hospital [London], 1844-49 Director of: : Ethnological Department of Crystal Palace, [London], 1852, when he made his celebrated protest against the central Asian theory of the origin of the Aryans, supporting views which have since been strongly advocated. Completed a revision of Johnson's Dictionary 1870. Publ.: Descriptive Ethnology (2 vols.); The Ethnology of India; Dissertation on the Hamlet of Saxo Grammaticus and of Shakespeare etc. Accorded a pension of £100 from the Civil List 1863 d. 156 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, [London], 1888:03:09 ( Boase, II. 313; King's College Reg.; Medical Directories; D.N.B.; The Guardian 1888:03:14) [add:]Married 1848,at Marylebone, London , Elizabeth COTTAM dau. of George COTTAM, of Manor House, St John's Wood, [London], [:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell: C.C. of 1848:07:22 )[:add] |