William Benjamin Carpenter
English physician
William Benjamin Carpenter CB FRS was an English physician, invertebrate zoologist, and physiologist. He was instrumental in the early stages of the unified University of London. Wikipedia
Born: October 29, 1813, Exeter, United Kingdom
Died: November 19, 1885 (age 72 years), London, United Kingdom
Children: Philip Herbert Carpenter and Joseph Estlin Carpenter
Siblings: Mary Carpenter and Philip Pearsall Carpenter
Parents: Lant Carpenter and Anna Carpenter
Awards: Royal Medal (1861) and Lyell Medal (1883)
Books
Principles of mental physiology
1874
Principles of General and Comparative Physiology
1854
Nature and Man: Essays Scientific and Philosophical
The microscope and its revelations
1856
Principles of Human Physiology: With Their Chief Applications to Psychology, Pathology, Therapeutics, Hygiène, and Forensic Medicine
1842
Mesmerism, spiritualism, &c.: historically & scientifically considered, being two lectures delivered at the London institution, with preface and appendix
1877