established in 1832 as the EDIN ETHICAL SOC FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PHREN by G. COMBE and close friends (W. A. F. BROWNE, W. B. HODG- SON, A. IRELAND, Wm. NICHOL, A. Cox, J. SIMPSON, S. SMITH, George Cruikshank, John MACKINTOSH) for the popularizing of phrenology and other sciences among artisans and the lower middle class. Courses on phrenology and physiology cost 10s 6d. Became the EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, 1835, and was reconstituted the PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION, 1846. (
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
345.1
— 345.1 I. Report by the Committee for Arranging the Preliminary Details of the Courses of Lectures on Geology, Chemistry, and Phrenology, to be delivered in the Waterloo Rooms and Clyde Street Hall, during the winter 1832-3. Edin: printed, 1832. Pp. 8. [Combe Coll, NLS] (The Committee consisted of James Slight, engineer; Robert Sclater, Jr., die cutter; John Cunningham, architect; and William FRASER, printer.)
345.2
— 345.2 II. Report by the Directors of the Edinburgh Association for Useful and Entertaining Science [with prospectus of G. COMBE'S phrenology lectures]. Edin: printed, March 1833. Pp. 8. [Combe Coll, NLS]
345.3
— 345.3 Third Report by the Directors of the Edinburgh Association for Procuring Instruction in Useful and Entertaining Science. Edin: printed, [1834]. Pp. 8. [Combe Coll, NLS]
345.4
— 345.4 Fourth Report by the Directors of the Edinburgh Association for Providing Instruction in Useful and Entertaining Sciences. Edin: printed, 1834. Pp. 8. [Combe Coll, NLS] (At this time the lecturer on political economy, Peter Murray was chairman, and William FRASER secretary.)
345.5
— 345.5 Fifth Report by the Directors of the Edinburgh Association for Procuring Instruction in Useful and Entertaining Sciences. Edin: printed, 1835. Pp. 8. [Combe Coll, NLS].
Editorial Information
Identifier
345.0
Type
Society
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
115
Printed page
110
Database ID
1080
Original Transcription
345.0 EDINBURGH ASSOCIATION FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN
USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING SCIENCE, established in 1832 as the
EDIN ETHICAL SOC FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PHREN
by G. COMBE and close friends (W. A. F. BROWNE, W. B. HODG-
SON, A. IRELAND, Wm. NICHOL, A. Cox, J. SIMPSON, S. SMITH,
George Cruikshank, John MACKINTOSH) for the popularizing of
phrenology and other sciences among artisans and the lower middle
class.
Courses on phrenology and physiology cost 10s 6d. Became
the EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, 1835, and was reconstituted the PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION, 1846. (