Combe, George, 1788-1858 (Phrenologist)
Person
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Combe, George, c 1843-1847
Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/2/27
Scope and Contents
No caption. Portrait of George Combe.
Dates:
c 1843-1847
Combe, George, c 1843-1847
Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/2/28
Scope and Contents
Portrait of George Combe. Caption: "George Combe W.S. 1788-1858."
Dates:
c 1843-1847
Letter from George Combe, 1822
Item
Identifier: MS CHA4/19/19
Letter from George Combe, 1823
Item
Identifier: MS CHA4/24/30
Letters to J. L. Levison from Combe and others
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1243
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 20 non-chronologically numbered items, letters and fragments, as follows:
1 - Letter to Levison written from Grafton Place, London. 3 July 1827
2 - Fragment, Mr. Fletcher, Bookseller, Southampton, 15 February 1821 [postmark]
3 - Folded paper or envelope with black edge and black wax seal, addressed to Levison, from Sir G. S. Mackenzie,...
Dates:
1821-1848
Records of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-227
Scope and Contents
The records of the Phrenological Society include, within boxes: cash book; catalogues of skull casts and other; papers of the Society; six notebooks including lecture titles, names of members and visitors who inspected the casts, and a "memoir on the phrenology of Hindostan" read to the Society in 1823. The records also include a letter-book covering the period 1820-1840, minute-books for 1820-1870, and scrap-books of newspaper cuttings and printed items. Some material is stamped: Henderson...
Dates:
1820-1870
System of phrenology
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1150
Scope and Contents
The item that forms the collection is a manuscript version of the susbtantial part of the 4th edition of Combe'sA system of phrenology,which was printed in Edinburgh in 1836. It consists of 634 numbered pages written in ink, unbound.
This is a most desirable addition as Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library have the records of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh (Gen.608).
Dates:
1836