essayist; educated for the Unitarian ministry; friend of S. T. Coleridge, though later attacked him in his Table Talk; defended GODWIN against Malthus, 1807; lectured at the Russell and the Surrey insts; wrote for most of the major journals. (DNB; and A118).
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
524.1
— 524.1 'Essay XIV: On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory', in The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, vol 2: London: Henry Colburn, 1826; reprinted in The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, ed P. P. Howe, vol 12: London & Toronto: Dent & Sons, 1931: 137-56. (Serious criticism of phrenology's pretensions.)
524.2
— 524.2 "Burke and the Edinburgh Phrenologists," The Atlas, 15 Feb 1829, reprinted in Complete Works, vol 20 (1934): 200- 4. ('Fantastic follies')
524.3
— 524.3 "Phrenological Fallacies," The Atlas, 5 & 12 July 1829, reprinted in Complete Works, vol 20 (1934): 248-53.
524.4
— 524.4 "The Champions of Phrenology," The Atlas, 19 July
Editorial Information
Identifier
524.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
168
Printed page
163
Database ID
1554
Original Transcription
524. HAZLITT, William (1778-1830), essayist; educated for the Unitarian ministry; friend of S. T. Coleridge, though later attacked
him in his Table Talk; defended GODWIN against Malthus, 1807; lectured at the Russell and the Surrey insts; wrote for most of the major journals. (DNB; and A118).