London architect, independently wealthy; freethinker and mesmeric enthusiast; became friendly with Harriet MARTINEAU and published with her Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development [1849-50] (1851), a book that scandalized most of Martineau's former admirers; M PHREN ASSN; wrote on spiritualism in the 1860s; died in Boulogne. (MEB)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
45.1
— 45.1 "Observations on the Functions of Philoprogenitiveness-- Phrenological Association, Glasgow," PHREN J, 14 (1841): 59- 61.
45.2
— 45.2 "Mesmero-Phrenology," Med Times, 6 (20 Aug 1842): 324-5.
45.3
— 45.3 "Case of Mesmeric Phrenology with Observations," Med Times, 6 (24 Sept 1842): 409-10.
45.4
— 45.4 [Summary of paper on mesmeric-phrenology 16 Jan, 1843] "London Phrenological Society," ZOIST 1 (July 1843): 134-7.
45.5
— 45.5 [Summary of paper on the character of the painter and astrologer, John Varley, 20 Feb 1843] "London Phrenological Society," ZOIST, 1 (July 1843): 137-9.
45.6
— 45.6 "On the Discovery of Mesmero-Phrenology--to editor," PHREN J, 16 (1843): 369.
45.7
— 45.7 "Letter from Mr. A., on the conduct of certain Members of the Phrenological Association to the Editor of the Phrenological Journal, but rejected [17 Nov 1842]," ZOIST, 1 (July 1843): 143-8. (Agreeing with the address of ENGLEDUE.)
45.8
— 45.8 [Abstract of paper delivered to the 6th session of the PHREN ASSN, 4 July 1843, on the importance of mesmerophrenology], ZOIST, 1 (Oct 1843): 247-53.
45.9
— 45.9 "On the Cast of the late Lord Eldon's Head [paper read to LONDON PHREN SOC, 17 April 1844]," ZOIST, 1 (Oct 1843): 277-84.
45.10
— 45.10 [On the heads of Sir Walter Scott and John Atkinson-- to LONDON PHREN SOC, 15 Nov 1843], ZOIST, 1 (Jan 1844): 390-2.
45.11
— 45.11 [On a family of idiots at Downham in Norfolk--to LONDON PHREN SOC, 3 April 1844], ZOIST, 2 (July 1844): 163-85.
45.12
— 45.12 "Facts Against Mr. Prideaux's 'Fallacies of Phreno- Magnetism'," PHREN J, 17 (1844): 287-9.
45.13
— 45.13 "What is the Precise Worth of Phrenological Science?" PHREN ALMANAC, 3 (1844): 18-23.
45.14
— 45.14 "Letter to the Editor of the Phrenological Journal on the Measurement of Heads," PHREN J, 18 (1845): 142-4.
45.15
— 45.15 "Poetry in Philosophy and Philosophy in Poetry," ZOIST, 3 (Apr 1845): 118-20.
Editorial Information
Identifier
45.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
20
Printed page
15
Database ID
137
Original Transcription
45. ATKINSON, Henry George (1812-90?), London architect, independently wealthy; freethinker and mesmeric enthusiast; became friendly with Harriet MARTINEAU and published with her Letters
on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development [1849-50] (1851), a
book that scandalized most of Martineau's former admirers; M PHREN
ASSN; wrote on spiritualism in the 1860s; died in Boulogne.
(MEB)