Johann Gaspar Spurzheim

(1776-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832 LBT ID: JoSpurz1832 VIAF ID: 54291245 LOC ID: n85056635	B/BAP: 1776-12-31 DIED: 1832
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German physician who with Joseph Gall was a leading proponent of the pseudo-science of phrenology.
REFERENCES TO Johann Gaspar Spurzheim: Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1824) Byron's family; his indiscretions Found 1: ¶ n1 Robert Southey, “Memoir: Poetical Efforts,” 29 June 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 11 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Early Life: XIV 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 IV. Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter VII. Found 3: ¶ 6 ¶ 7 ¶ 8 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XXI Found 1: ¶ 32 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 11: 1817-24 Found 1: ¶ 17