TY - JOUR
AU - BRAIN, RUSSELL
AB - HENRY HEAD: THE MAN AND HIS IDEAS1 BY RUSSELL BRAIN HENRY HEAD was born on August 4, 1861, at 6, Park Road, Stoke Newington. His father was Henry Head, an insurance broker of Lloyds, third son of Jeremiah Head, late Mayor of Ipswich, and Mary Howard his wife. His mother, Hester, was the daughter of Richard Beck whose wife, Rachel, was the daughter of Samuel Lucas of Hitchin. Richard Beck was the partner of his uncle J. J. Lister in a wine business in Token- house Yard, London. This Mr. Lister was the father of Lord Lister who was thus Henry Head's cousin. Through his mother he was also related to E. V. Lucas the author. Both Head's parents came of Quaker stock and, as he said, "were the centre of a multitude of friends and relations." Later they moved to Stamford Hill, to a house which William Morris decorated for them, and Henry, after attending two day-schools, went as a weekly boarder to the Friends' School, Grove House, Tottenham, where several of his contemporaries became distinguished. There he came under the influence of a master called Ashford, whom he described as "one of the best teachers of natural 
TI - HENRY HEAD: THE MAN AND HIS IDEAS1
JF - Brain
DO - 10.1093/brain/84.4.561
DA - 1961-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/henry-head-the-man-and-his-ideas1-6Nd00ewlD8
SP - 561
EP - 566
VL - 84
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -