John Henry Bridges (1832–1906)

Medical administrator and author. BA, Oxford (Wadham College), 1854; fellow of Oriel College, 1855. Trained at St George’s Hospital, London. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1867. Metropolitan medical inspector to the Local Government Board for Bradford, 1870–92. Wrote numerous essays on religion, politics, and history. A leading member of the British positivist movement, promoting the system of the French philosopher Auguste Comte.