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George Combe
(1788-1858)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Combe, George, 1788-1858
NRA:    Combe, George (1788-1858), phrenologist
DNB:    Combe [Comb], George (1788–1858), phrenologist
LBT ID: GeCombe1858    VIAF ID: 34606713    LOC ID: n80094370
B/BAP:   1788-10-21
DIED:   1858-08-14
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Edinburgh University, he abandoned a legal career to become the foremost advocate of phrenology in Britain; his younger brother Andrew was his partner in the enterprise.
REFERENCES TO George Combe:
Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, 28 February 1826 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)
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