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LEGER, Theodore (1799-1853)

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Born: 1799

Died: 1853

Editorial Description

born and educated in Paris; resided in Mexico where he acquired and spent two fortunes; medical mesmerist, 1850, claiming to have discovered the magnetism of the phrenological organs of the brain and to have established psychology as a mathematical science; lectured on phrenology at Hungerford Hall, London, 1851; gave seances and examined heads at 20 Gerrard St, Soho, 1852. (MEB)

Editorial Information

Identifier	653.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	204
Printed page	199
Database ID	1907

Original Transcription

653. LEGER, Theodore (1799-1853), born and educated in Paris;
resided in Mexico where he acquired and spent two fortunes; medical
mesmerist, 1850, claiming to have discovered the magnetism of the
phrenological organs of the brain and to have established psychology
as a mathematical science; lectured on phrenology at Hungerford Hall,
London, 1851; gave seances and examined heads at 20 Gerrard St,
Soho, 1852. (MEB)