Thomas Nadauld Brushfield
Thomas Nadauld Brushfield (1828–1910) was an English alienist and antiquarian.
Life
Born in London on 10 December 1828, he was son of Thomas Brushfield, J.P. and D.L. of the
Brushfield studied medicine and surgery at
In 1852 Brushfield was appointed house surgeon to
On his retirement Brushfield settled at
Brushfield was a freemason, was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1899 and was a founder of the Devon and Cornwall Record Society. He was a popular lecturer in the West Country. He died at Budleigh Salterton on 28 November 1910, and was buried there.[1]
Legacy
Brushfield's lantern slides went to the Exeter Public Library, with some of the major Ralegh items from his library. The rest of his library of about 10,000 volumes and manuscripts was dispersed after his death. As reader for the New English Dictionary, he contributed over 72,000 slips.[1]
Works
Brushfield's contribution to the literature of lunacy included Medical Certificates of Insanity (The Lancet, 1880) and Practical Hints on the Symptoms, Treatment and Medico-Legal Aspects of Insanity, read before the Chester Medical Society in 1890. A paper, 'Notes on the Ralegh Family,' which he read before the 1883 meeting of the Devonshire Association, began a series of papers Raleghana, research into Walter Ralegh's life and literary work, which were published in the Association's Transactions between 1896 and 1907. Ralegh Miscellanea (pts. i. and ii.) followed in 1909–10. He contributed other papers on similar themes to other journals. A bibliography of Ralegh, which was published in book form in 1886 (2nd edition 1908), first appeared serially in the Western Antiquary, vol. 5, 1885–6.[1]
Family
Brushfield married, on 5 August 1852, Hannah, daughter of John Davis of London, who survived him with three sons and three daughters.[1] One of his sons was Thomas Brushfield (1858–1937).[2]
Notes
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Brushfield, Thomas Nadauld". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.