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HOLLAND, George Calvert (1801-1865)

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Born: 1801

Died: 1865

Postnominals: MD

Editorial Description

Edin 1827; son of a Sheffield artisan; apprenticed to a hairdresser before being befriended and educated by Unitarians; began med practice in Manchester but was forced to move to Sheffield in 1829 because (he claimed) of his public advocacy of phrenology; appointed hon phys Sheffield Gen Infirmary; established Sheffield Physiol Soc, 1837 and was an active supporter of the Lit & Phil Soc; conducted an important and sympathetic inquiry into the condition of the working class in Sheffield, 1839; in 1840 his exposure of the fallacies of Corn Law repeal cost him his former friends and his medical practice; became involved in railway projects and acted as the director of two banks; upon the collapse of the latter, he moved to London; returned to Sheffield in 1851 as a homoeopathic phys and established the Sheffield Homoeopathic Hosp, 1853-4; also attracted to mesmerism; an alderman of Sheffield from 1862 to death; wrote med and phsiological works and edited the Sheffield Homoeopathic Lancet, 1853; VP SHEF- FIELD PHREN SOC, 1840s when he supplied GOYDER with a testimonial; lectured on phrenology in Halifax, 1827-8 and Chesterfield, 1831. (DNB; MEB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

• 545.1 — 545.1 An Essay on Education, Founded on Phrenological Prin ciples. London: Longman, 1828. Pp. 108.

Editorial Information

545. HOLLAND, George Calvert (1801-65), MD Edin 1827; son of a
Sheffield artisan; apprenticed to a hairdresser before being befriended and educated by Unitarians; began med practice in Manchester but was forced to move to Sheffield in 1829 because (he
claimed) of his public advocacy of phrenology; appointed hon phys
Sheffield Gen Infirmary; established Sheffield Physiol Soc, 1837 and
was an active supporter of the Lit & Phil Soc; conducted an important
and sympathetic inquiry into the condition of the working class in
Sheffield, 1839; in 1840 his exposure of the fallacies of Corn Law repeal cost him his former friends and his medical practice; became involved in railway projects and acted as the director of two banks;
upon the collapse of the latter, he moved to London; returned to
Sheffield in 1851 as a homoeopathic phys and established the Sheffield Homoeopathic Hosp, 1853-4; also attracted to mesmerism; an
alderman of Sheffield from 1862 to death; wrote med and phsiological
works and edited the Sheffield Homoeopathic Lancet, 1853; VP SHEF-
FIELD PHREN SOC, 1840s when he supplied GOYDER with a testimonial; lectured on phrenology in Halifax, 1827-8 and Chesterfield, 1831. (DNB; MEB)