of Huntspill, Somerset; wealthy patron of adult education and Owenite cooperative movement; wrote on dialect and on ornithology; ed Family Cyclopaedia (1821); lectured on the history and utility of literary insts to the Surrey Inst, London, 1822, and on phrenology to London Mechanics' Inst, 1828.
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
599.1
— 599.1 "Phrenology," in The Family Cyclopaedia; being a Manual of Useful and Necessary Knowledge, vol 2, London: Sherwood, 1821: 922-3.
599.2
— 599.2 An Inquiry Concerning the Nature and Operations of the Human Mind in which the Science of Phrenology, the Doc trine of Necessity, Punishment, and Education are particularly considered. (A Lecture delivered at the Mechanics' Institution London [4 Mar 1826, with additional notes by J. DEVILLE].) London: Poole & Edwards, 1828. Pp. 53. (2s 6d) (Dedicated to the Owenite, A. J. Hamilton of Dalzell, Scotland. Pp. 52- 3 reproduces Jennings' letter of Dec 1827 on phrenology to New York Times). .
Editorial Information
Identifier
599.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
189
Printed page
184
Database ID
1756
Original Transcription
599. JENNINGS, James, of Huntspill, Somerset; wealthy patron of
adult education and Owenite cooperative movement; wrote on dialect
and on ornithology; ed Family Cyclopaedia (1821); lectured on the
history and utility of literary insts to the Surrey Inst, London, 1822,
and on phrenology to London Mechanics' Inst, 1828.