Fenwick Skrimshire

Fenwick Skrimshire (1774-11 June 1855) was an English physician and naturalist. He published a number of works of popular science and medicine. Skrimshire is notable for having certified the poet John Clare as mad and committed him to Northamptonshire County General Lunatic Asylum in 1841, having known him since 1820.[1] He completed the admission papers by answering the question "Was the insanity preceded by any severe or long-continued mental emotion or exertion?" with "After years of poetical prosing."[2] Skrimshire died at Paston Hall, Peterborough on 11 June 1855.[3][4]

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  1. ↑ Geoffrey Summerfield, Hugh Haughton, Adam Phillips, "John Clare in context", Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-44547-7, p.263
  2. ↑ Margaret Grainger (ed), "The natural history prose writings of John Clare", Oxford English Texts, Oxford University Press, 1983, ISBN 0-19-818517-0, p.34
  3. ↑ The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 198, August 1855, p.218
  4. ↑ Association medical journal, Volume 3, Issues 105-106, 1855, p.617
  5. ↑ Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths (edd), "The Monthly Review", printed for R. Griffiths, 1806, p.366
  6. ↑ The Churchman, a magazine in defence of the church and constitution, 1838, p.331

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