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MCLAREN, Duncan (1800-1886)

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Born: 1800

Died: 1886

Editorial Description

member of the Edin Town Council; a phrenologist who was "anxious to undermine the religious control of Scottish education"; elected MP for Edin, 1865; corresponded with G. COMBE over education. (DNB)

Editorial Information

Identifier	726.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	226
Printed page	221
Database ID	2114

Original Transcription

726. MCLAREN, Duncan (1800-86), member of the Edin Town Council; a phrenologist who was "anxious to undermine the religious control of Scottish education"; elected MP for Edin, 1865; corresponded
with G. COMBE over education. (DNB)