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George Combe
b.21 Oct 1788
d.14 Aug 1858
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Name George Combe
Gender Male
Birth[1] 21 Oct 1788
Marriage to Cecilia Siddons
Death[1] 14 Aug 1858
Reference Number? Q550136?


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George Combe (21 October 1788 – 14 August 1858) was a trained Scottish lawyer and a spokesman of the phrenological movement for over 20 years. He founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820 and wrote a noted study, The Constitution of Man (1828). After marriage in 1833, Combe took in later years to promoting phrenology internationally.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 George Combe, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.