Thomas Arnold

(1742-1816)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Arnold, Thomas, 1742?-1816 DNB: Arnold, Thomas (c.1742–1816), physician and mad-doctor LBT ID: ThArnol1816 VIAF ID: 51679693 LOC ID: n86840279	B/BAP: 1742 DIED: 1816-09-02
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Leicester physician educated at Edinburgh University; he specialized in cases of insanity and was the first president of the Leicester Literacy Society.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Arnold: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXIV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ 13 Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 5