Franz Joseph Gall

(1758-1828)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828 LBT ID: FrGall1828 VIAF ID: 7522083 LOC ID: n84179761	B/BAP: 1758-03-09 DIED: 1828-08-22
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German physiologist who with Spurzheim developed the theory of phrenology.
REFERENCES TO Franz Joseph Gall: Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1824) Byron's family; his indiscretions Found 1: ¶ n1 Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, “Lord Byron, his Biography, &c.” in Literary Gazette (4 February 1832) 73-74 Found 1: ¶ 8 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 5 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 20 Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter VII. Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 9