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MACGILLIVRAY, John (1822-1867)

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Born: 1822

Died: 1867

Editorial Description

naturalist; studied med at Edin; VP Cuvierian Soc; on various government-funded expeditions. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

• 711.1 — 711.1 "On the Mental Qualities of Birds, as Compared with Their Cerebral Development," The Edin Academic Annual for 1840: 67-97. (Intended to show the fallacy of phrenology; reviewed PHREN J, 13 [1840]: 274-80.)

Editorial Information

711. MACGILLIVRAY, John (1822-67), naturalist; studied med at
Edin; VP Cuvierian Soc; on various government-funded expeditions.
(DNB)