civil engineer; FRS, 1836; MICE, 1829; assistant engineer on the Thames Tunnel, 1826 and resident engineer of Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway to 1850; brother of Francis Beamish (MP for Cork, 1837-41, who was also a M PHREN ASSN) and North Ludlow Beamish (FRS, Sheriff of York); resided at Presbury, near Cheltenham; M PHREN ASSN; lectured on phrenology in Cheltenham and in the Midlands, 1839-42, and in Cork, 1844; also devoted to hydropathy and elocution. (MEB)
74.2
— 74.2 "[Nine lectures on phrenology and its application delivered in the Cheltenham] Literary and Philosophical Institution," Cheltenham Looker-On, 3rd ser, 27 Mar 22 May 1841; 204-5, 218- 20, 236-8, 251-3, 266-8, 283-4, 299-301, 315-7, 330-4. (Said to have attracted one of the largest audiences ever assembled in the Lit & Phil Soc; the alienist John CONOLLY, then pres of the Lit & Phil, was in the chair for their delivery.)
74.3
— 74.3 "[Second course of public lectures on phrenology in the Cheltenham] Literary and Philosophical Institution," Cheltenham Looker-On, 3rd ser, 2 Apr-14 May 1842: 221, 236-7, 252, 268- 9, 277, 299-300, 315-6.
74.4
— 74.4 "Case of Bad Health from Over-Activity of Cautiousness-- Phrenological Association, London, 1841," PHREN J, 15 (1842): 57-9.
74.5
— 74.5 "Case of J. P. Papera, a Sculptor," PHREN J, 16 (1843): 148-60.
74.6
— 74.6 [trs] The Psychonomy of the Hand; or, The Hand an Index of Mental Development, according to MM [Casim S] D'Arpentigny and Desbarrolles. 2nd edn, London: Frederick Pitman, 1865. Pp. 9431 plates.
Editorial Information
Identifier
74.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
27
Printed page
22
Database ID
212
Original Transcription
74. BEAMISH, Richard (1798-1873), civil engineer; FRS, 1836;
MICE, 1829; assistant engineer on the Thames Tunnel, 1826 and
resident engineer of Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway to 1850;
brother of Francis Beamish (MP for Cork, 1837-41, who was also a
M PHREN ASSN) and North Ludlow Beamish (FRS, Sheriff of York);
resided at Presbury, near Cheltenham; M PHREN ASSN; lectured on
phrenology in Cheltenham and in the Midlands, 1839-42, and in Cork,
1844; also devoted to hydropathy and elocution. (MEB)