See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• COMBE, ANDREW (1797-1847)
• GEORGE COMBE (1788-1858)
• COMBE, or COOMB
• COMBE, WILLIAM (1741–1823)

COMBE (1788-1858)  , Scottish phrenologist, See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the above, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 21st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1788 . After attending Edinburgh high school and university he entered a lawyer's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1804, and in 1812 began to practise on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . In 1815 the Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review contained an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of " craniology " of F . J . See also:

• GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
• GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)

Gall and K . See also:

• SPURZHEIM, JOHANN CHRISTOPH

Spurzheim, which was denounced as " a piece of thorough quackery from beginning to end." See also:

• COMBE, ANDREW (1797-1847)
• COMBE, GEORGE (1788-1858)
• COMBE, or COOMB
• COMBE, WILLIAM (1741–1823)

Combe laughed like others at the absurdities of this so-called new theory of the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain, and thought that it must be finally exploded after such an exposure; and when Spurzheim delivered lectures in Edinburgh, in refutation of the statements of his critic, Combe considered the subject unworthy of serious See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . He was, however, invited to a. friend's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house where he saw Spurzheim dissect the brain, and he was so far impressed by the demonstration that he attended the second course of lectures . Investigating the subject for himself, he became satisfied that the fundamental principles of See also:

• PHRENOLOGY, (from Gr. OOP, mind, and Xbyos, discourse)

phrenology were true—namely " that the brain is the See also:

• ORGAN

organ of mind; that the brain is an aggregate of several parts, each subserving a distinct See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty; and that the See also:

• SIZE

size of the cerebral organ is, caeteris paribus, an See also:

• INDEX

index of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power or See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy of See also:

• FUNCTION

function." In 1817 his first See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on phrenology was published in the Scots See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine; and a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of papers on the same subject appeared soon afterwards in the See also:

• LITERARY

Literary and Statistical Magazine; these were collected and published in 1819 in See also:

• BOOK

book See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form as Essays on Phrenology, which in later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions became A System of Phrenology . In 182o he helped to found the Phrenological Society, which in 1823 began to publish a Phrenological See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal . By his lectures and writings he attracted public attention to the subject on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and in See also:

• AMERICA

America, as well as at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home; and a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long discussion with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton in 1827–1828 excited See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• INTEREST

interest . His most popular See also:

• WORK

work, The Constitution of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, was published in 1828, and in some quarters brought upon him denunciations as a materialist and atheist . From that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he saw everything by the See also:

• LIGHT

light of phrenology .

He gave time, labour and See also:

• MONEY

money to help forward the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of the poorer classes; he established the first See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant school in Edinburgh; and he originated a series of evening lectures on See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology, See also:

• HISTORY

history and moral See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . He studied the criminal classes, and tried to solve the problem how to reform as well as to punish them; and he strove to introduce into lunatic asylums a humane system of treatment . In 1836 he offered himself as a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic at Edinburgh, but was rejected in favour of Sir William Hamilton . In 1838 he visited America and spent about two years lecturing on phrenology, education and the treatment of the criminal classes . On his return in 184o he published his Moral Philosophy, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year his Notes on the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America . In 1842 he delivered, in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, a course of twenty-two lectures on phrenology in the university of See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, and he travelled much in Europe, inquiring into the management of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, prisons and asylums . The commercial crisis of 1855 elicited his remarkable pamphlet on The Currency Question (1858) . The See also:

• CULMINATION (from Lat. culmen, summit)

culmination of the religious thought and experience of his See also:

• LIFE

life is contained in his work On the Relation between See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion, first publicly issued in 18J7 . He was engaged in revising the ninth edition of the Constitution of Man when he died at See also:

• MOOR

Moor See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, See also:

• FARNHAM

Farnham, on the 14th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1858 . He married in 1833 See also:

• CECILIA, SAINT

Cecilia See also:

• SIDDONS, SARAH (1755-1831)

Siddons, a daughter of the See also:

• GREAT

great actress .