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KOMBST, Dr. Gustof (1806-1846)

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Born: 1806

Died: 1846

Editorial Description

ethnographer; born in Berlin; fled Switzerland in 1834 and spent a year in Paris before emigrating to Edin in 1835; lectured in Edin and Liverpool on the political, moral and literary state of Germany; devoted much time to phrenology after 1835 in relation to the races of man; died by drowning in the North Sea while en route to Norway in 1846. (Obit: PHREN J, 20 [1847]: 88-90.)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

633.1 — 633.1 "Remarks on the Varieties of Talent for Acquiring Language--to G. Combe," PHREN J, 16 (1843): 244-6.
633.2 — 633.2 "On the Application of Phrenology to History and Politics," PHREN J, 17 (1843): 14-18.

Editorial Information

Identifier	633.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	199
Printed page	194
Database ID	1849

Original Transcription

633. KOMBST, Dr. Gustof (1806-46), ethnographer; born in Berlin;
fled Switzerland in 1834 and spent a year in Paris before emigrating
to Edin in 1835; lectured in Edin and Liverpool on the political, moral
and literary state of Germany; devoted much time to phrenology after
1835 in relation to the races of man; died by drowning in the North
Sea while en route to Norway in 1846. (Obit: PHREN J, 20 [1847]:
88-90.)