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LATHAM, ROBERT GORDON (eld. son of Thomas Latham, V. of
Billingborough, Lincs.). _b._ Billingborough 24 March 1812; ed.
at Eton and King’s coll. Camb., fellow 1835; B.A. 1833, M.A.
1836, M.D. 1844; professor of English language and literature
in University college, London 1839; L.R.C.P. 1842; lecturer on
forensic medicine and materia medica at Middlesex hospital,
assistant phys. 1844–9; director of ethnological department at
Crystal Palace 1852; granted civil list pension of £100, 18 June
1863; originated the idea that original home of Aryan race was
not in Asia but in Europe; edited Todd Johnson’s A dictionary
of the English language 2 vols. in 4 parts 1866–70; author of
The English language 1841, 5 ed. 1862; A handbook of the English
language 1851, 9 ed. 1875; Logic in its application to language
1856; Descriptive ethnology 2 vols. 1859; The ethnology of India
1859; Opuscula. Essays chiefly philological and ethnographical
1860; Elements of comparative philology 1862; The nationalities
of Europe 2 vols. 1863; A defence of phonetic spelling 1872;
Two dissertations on Hamlet 1872; Outlines of general philology