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"HENRY MAUDSLEY (1835-1918), English physiologist, was born at Thorne, near Settle, Yorks., Feb. 5 18 3 5. He was educated at Giggleswick and at University College hospital, London, taking his M.D. degree in 1857. From 1862 to 1878 he edited the Journal of Mental Science, and from 1869 to 1879 he was professor of medical jurisprudence in University College, London. Amongst his published works were Responsibility in Mental Disease (1874); Physiology of Mind (1876); Pathology of Mind (1879); Body and Will (1883); Life in Mind and Conduct (1902); Organic to Human (1916). The views expressed in all his writings were those of medical materialism. In 1908 he gave a sum of ±30,000 to the London County Council Asylums Committee to be devoted to the study of mental science. He died at Bushey Heath, Herts., Jan. 23 1918.