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ADAIR, Thomas

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of Sheffield; financial secretary, SHEFFIELD PHREN SOC, 1844; lectured on phrenology in the Midlands, the North, and Scotland, 1843-6; reputed to have introduced phreno-mesmerism into Scotland; his course of lectures on phreno-mesmerism in Newcastle in 1843 was attended by over 1,000 persons. (? Same who was VP of the DERBY PHREN SOC, established after L. N. FOWLER'S lectures in 1860.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	6.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	7
Printed page	2
Database ID	10

Original Transcription

6. ADAIR, Thomas, of Sheffield; financial secretary, SHEFFIELD
PHREN SOC, 1844; lectured on phrenology in the Midlands, the North,
and Scotland, 1843-6; reputed to have introduced phreno-mesmerism
into Scotland; his course of lectures on phreno-mesmerism in Newcastle in 1843 was attended by over 1,000 persons. (? Same who
was VP of the DERBY PHREN SOC, established after L. N. FOWLER'S
lectures in 1860.)