Phrenology Research Environment

GRANT, Brewin (1821-1892)

← Previous Record (469.) | Browse Entries | Next Record (470.1) →

Metadata

Born: 1821

Died: 1892

Title: Rev.

Editorial Description

son of a Leicestershire woolcomber; evangelical opponent of "Rationalism, Romanism and Radicalism," including phrenology; active 1840s and 1850s; engaged with C. DONOVAN in a public debate in Birmingham, 1849 and lectured against the science in Sheffield, 1858; described by HOLYOAKE as "rabbit-minded, with a scavenger's eye for the refuse of old theological controversy"; became a Congregationalist minister in Birmingham, 1848-53, Sheffield, 1856-68; became an Anglican priest, 1871. (MEB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

470.1 — 470.1 Discussion on Phrenology; between Charles [sic] Donovan, Esq. (The Eminent Phrenologist from London) and the Rev. Brewin Grant, held in the new Odd Fellows Hall, Birmingham Dec. 10-19, 1849... with notes and appendix by Rev. Brewin Grant. Birmingham: B. L. Green, 1849. Another edn, London, 1850, pp. 46. Pp. 58.

Editorial Information

Identifier	470.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	157
Printed page	152
Database ID	1449

Original Transcription

470. GRANT, Rev. Brewin (1821-92), son of a Leicestershire woolcomber; evangelical opponent of "Rationalism, Romanism and Radicalism," including phrenology; active 1840s and 1850s; engaged with
C. DONOVAN in a public debate in Birmingham, 1849 and lectured
against the science in Sheffield, 1858; described by HOLYOAKE as
"rabbit-minded, with a scavenger's eye for the refuse of old theological controversy"; became a Congregationalist minister in Birmingham,
1848-53, Sheffield, 1856-68; became an Anglican priest, 1871. (MEB)