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HARRIS, George (1809-1890)

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Born: 1809

Died: 1890

Editorial Description

barrister; LLD, FSA, editor of the Hull Times (1838) and the County Courts Chronicle (1849); called to the bar, 1843; author of Civilization Considered as a Science (1861); pres Manchester Anthrop Soc; VP Anthrop Inst of GB & Ire, 1875/6; joined E. W. COX in 1875 in forming the Psychol Soc of GB of which he was VP. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

512.1 — 512.1 A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man. London: George Bell & Sons, 1876. 2 vols. (Not a phrenological work, but conspicuous for its absence of phrenological reference.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	512.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	166
Printed page	161
Database ID	1530

Original Transcription

512. HARRIS, George (1809-90), barrister; LLD, FSA, editor of
the Hull Times (1838) and the County Courts Chronicle (1849); called
to the bar, 1843; author of Civilization Considered as a Science
(1861); pres Manchester Anthrop Soc; VP Anthrop Inst of GB & Ire,
1875/6; joined E. W. COX in 1875 in forming the Psychol Soc of GB
of which he was VP. (DNB)