D Edward Long Fox: radical and mental health pioneer

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Dr Edward Long Fox (1761-1835) was born into a quaker family in Cornwall. He came to Bristol in 1785. He engaged in local politics, and led an inquiry into the Bristol Bridge riots. He pioneered a humane approach to the treatment of mentally ill people. He built an asylum at Brislington with innovative features and 'romantic' landscape gardens, and a therapeutic spa at Knightstone, Weston super mare.