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AITKEN, William C.

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Editorial Description

sometimes sec DUMFRIES PHREN SOC; sec for the organization of the Phrenology Exhibition at the Dumfries Mechanics' Inst, 1842 (attended by 5,000 persons); lectured in Scotland, 1835-8.

Editorial Information

Identifier	12.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	8
Printed page	3
Database ID	19

Original Transcription

12. AITKEN, William C., sometimes sec DUMFRIES PHREN SOC; sec
for the organization of the Phrenology Exhibition at the Dumfries
Mechanics' Inst, 1842 (attended by 5,000 persons); lectured in Scotland, 1835-8.