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
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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) Found 1: ¶ 1 Saba Holland, 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) Letters 1826