Background
He was the son of Doctor Samuel Pryce of Redruth in Cornwall, and Catherine Hill. William Borlase was a great-uncle on his mother"s side.
He was the son of Doctor 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.
Philip Webber of Falmouth acted as his guardian when he was left an orphan. Pryce owned a small share in the copper mine of Dolcoath in Cornwall. Foreign ten years he was also an investor in the adjoining mine of Pednandrea, which was worked for both tin and copper.
lieutenant was near the future site of the Redruth railway station.
Soon after 1778 Pryce "became Doctor of Medicine by diploma" and on 26 June 1783 he was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He was buried at Redruth on 20 December 1790.
Pryce married Mission Mitchell of Redruth, and left two sons, William Pryce and Samuel Vincent Pryce, both of whom became surgeons there.