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FERGUSON, Robert (1767-1840)

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Born: 1767

Died: 1840

Editorial Description

of Raith, Scotland; FRSE 1806, FRS; MP for Haddingtonshire; considered the first Scot to embrace phrenology (after having heard GALL lecture in Vienna in 1799); provided G. COMBE and G. MACKENZIE with testimonials on phrenology, 1836. (PHREN J, 14 [1841]: 101)

Editorial Information

Identifier	398.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	136
Printed page	131
Database ID	1277

Original Transcription

398. FERGUSON, Robert (1767-1840), of Raith, Scotland; FRSE 1806,
FRS; MP for Haddingtonshire; considered the first Scot to embrace
phrenology (after having heard GALL lecture in Vienna in 1799);
provided G. COMBE and G. MACKENZIE with testimonials on phrenology, 1836. (PHREN J, 14 [1841]: 101)