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'''Richard Brookes''' ([[Floruit|fl.]] 1750) was an English physician and author of compilations and translations on medicine, surgery, natural history, and geography, most of which went through several editions.
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[[File:BrookesFrontpiece1790.JPG|thumb|Frontispiece from the 1790 edition of ''The Art of Angling''.]]

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'''Richard Brookes''' ([[Floruit|fl.]] 1721 – 1763) was an English physician and author of compilations and translations on medicine, surgery, natural history, and geography, most of which went through several editions.


==Life==
==Life==
He was at one time a rural practitioner in [[Surrey]] (Dedication of ''Art of Angling''). At some time previous to 1762 he had travelled both in America and Africa (Preface to ''Natural History'').
He was at one time a rural practitioner in [[Surrey]] (Dedication of ''Art of Angling''). At some time previous to 1762 he had travelled both in America and Africa (Preface to ''Natural History'').


==Works==
==Works==
His ''General Gazetteer'' (1762) filled a gap in the market and went through many editions, up to that of A. G. Findlay in the later nineteenth century. Other works were:
His ''General Gazetteer'' (1762) filled a gap in the market and went through many editions, up to that of [[Alexander George Findlay]] in the later nineteenth century.<ref name=brookes1786>{{Citation |publisher = J.F.C. Rivington |location = London |author = Richard Brookes |author-link=Richard Brookes |title = The General Gazetteer |edition=6th |date = 1786 |ol = 7130197M }}</ref> Other works were:


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[[File:BrookesFrontpiece1790.JPG|thumb|Frontispiece from the 1790 edition of ''The Art of Angling''.]]
*''History of the most remarkable Pestilential Distempers'', 1721.
*''History of the most remarkable Pestilential Distempers'', 1721.
*''The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea Fishing, with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea Fish'', 1740.
*''The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea Fishing, with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea Fish'', 1740.
*''The General Practice of Physic'', 1751.
*''The General Practice of Physic'', 1751.
*''An Introduction to Physic and Surgery'', 2 vols. 1754.
*''An Introduction to Physic and Surgery'', 2 vols. 1754.
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*''A System of Natural History'', 6 vols. 1763. Includes Volume 5, known in the early history of [[palaeontology]].<ref>''The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals, with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these subjects''. London: J. Newbery.</ref> In this volume Brookes noted a bone, known previously to [[Robert Plot]], and now identified as coming from [[Megalosaurus]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/150747/view |title=1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum |website=www.sciencephoto.com|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> found in a quarry at [[Cornwell, Oxfordshire]], it is known as the "Cornwell bone".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html |title=Intro |website=palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010626174816/http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html |archive-date=26 June 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Brookes named the creature from which it came ''Scrotum Humanum'' in 1763, referring to anatomical similarities with the human [[scrotum]].<ref>[http://www.lostmag.com/issue15/paleontology.php Brookes's analysis compared to Plot]</ref>
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[[File:Scrotum humanum.jpg|thumb|left|The bone Brookes used to name ''Megalosaurus'', with Robert Plot's work in which it had been described in 1676.]]
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*''A System of Natural History'', 6 vols. 1763. Includes Volume 5, known in the early history of [[palaeontology]].<ref>''The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals, with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these subjects''. London: J. Newbery.</ref> In this volume Brookes noted a bone, known previously to [[Robert Plot]], and now identified as coming from [[Megalosaurus]];<ref>http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/150747/view</ref> found in a quarry at [[Cornwell, Oxfordshire]], it is known as the "Cornwell bone".<ref>http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html</ref> Brookes named the creature from which it came ''Scrotum Humanum'' in 1763, referring to anatomical similarities with the human [[scrotum]].<ref>[http://www.lostmag.com/issue15/paleontology.php Brookes's analysis compared to Plot]</ref>


His main translations are ''The Natural History of Chocolate'' (1724), from the French ''Histoire Naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre'' (1719) of [[Quelus]] (de Chélus}, 2nd ed. 1730; and [[Jean-Baptiste Du Halde]]'s ''History of China'', 4 vols. 1736.
His main translations are ''The Natural History of Chocolate'' (1724), from the French ''Histoire Naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre'' (1719) of [[Quelus]] (de Chélus), 2nd ed. 1730; and [[Jean-Baptiste Du Halde]]'s ''History of China'', 4 vols. 1736.

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[[File:Scrotum humanum.jpg|thumb|left|The bone Brookes used to name ''Scrotum humanum'', with Robert Plot's work in which it had been described in 1676.]]

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==Further reading==
* {{Citation |publisher = [[Rivington (publishers)|F.C. and J. Rivington]] |location = London |author = Richard Brookes |title = General Gazetteer |date = 1820 |edition=17th |url= https://archive.org/stream/generalgazette1820broouoft }}

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Latest revision as of 10:00, 13 March 2024

For the English footballer, see Richard Brookes (footballer). For the British satirical cartoonist, see Rick Brookes. For those of a similar name, see Richard Brooks (disambiguation).

Frontispiece from the 1790 edition of The Art of Angling.

Richard Brookes (fl. 1721 – 1763) was an English physician and author of compilations and translations on medicine, surgery, natural history, and geography, most of which went through several editions.

Life

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He was at one time a rural practitioner in Surrey (Dedication of Art of Angling). At some time previous to 1762 he had travelled both in America and Africa (Preface to Natural History).

Works

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His General Gazetteer (1762) filled a gap in the market and went through many editions, up to that of Alexander George Findlay in the later nineteenth century.[1] Other works were:

  • History of the most remarkable Pestilential Distempers, 1721.
  • The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea Fishing, with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea Fish, 1740.
  • The General Practice of Physic, 1751.
  • An Introduction to Physic and Surgery, 2 vols. 1754.
  • A System of Natural History, 6 vols. 1763. Includes Volume 5, known in the early history of palaeontology.[2] In this volume Brookes noted a bone, known previously to Robert Plot, and now identified as coming from Megalosaurus;[3] found in a quarry at Cornwell, Oxfordshire, it is known as the "Cornwell bone".[4] Brookes named the creature from which it came Scrotum Humanum in 1763, referring to anatomical similarities with the human scrotum.[5]

His main translations are The Natural History of Chocolate (1724), from the French Histoire Naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre (1719) of Quelus (de Chélus), 2nd ed. 1730; and Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's History of China, 4 vols. 1736.

The bone Brookes used to name Scrotum humanum, with Robert Plot's work in which it had been described in 1676.

References

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  1. ^ Richard Brookes (1786), The General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington, OL 7130197M
  2. ^ The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals, with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these subjects. London: J. Newbery.
  3. ^ "1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum". www.sciencephoto.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Intro". palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ Brookes's analysis compared to Plot
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Brookes, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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