Joseph Mason Cox

Joseph Mason Cox (1763-1818) practised medicine in the Fishponds and in 1788 took over the asylum established there by Joseph Mason, developing it into one of England’s premier insane asylums. His most important work was Practical Observations on Insanity (1813). He was a friend of Joseph Tomkins of Abingdon, future husband of Mary Steele’s half-sister. He lived in a house called Overn at the Fishponds, Bristol.