William Pryce

William Pryce (baptised 1735–1790) was a British medical man, known as an antiquary, a promoter of the Cornish language and a writer on mining in Cornwall.

[1] He was the son of Dr. Samuel Pryce of Redruth in Cornwall, and Catherine Hill; William Borlase was a great-uncle on his mother's side.

He claimed to have studied anatomy under John Hunter, and from about 1750 he practised as a surgeon and apothecary at Redruth.

For ten years he was also an investor in the adjoining mine of Pednandrea, which was worked for both tin and copper.

Much of the material was taken directly from the collections of Thomas Tonkin and William Gwavas, as acknowledged in the preface.