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. | |