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MAUGHAM, Robert (d. 1862)

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Died: 1862

Editorial Description

solicitor and author of legal works; first sec Incorporated Law Soc, of which he urged the formation in 1825; proprietor and ed Legal Observer, 1830-56; promoted Attorneys Act, 1843, and Solicitors Act, 1860; active member of the Philomathic Inst; joined LONDON PHREN SOC, Apr 1824 and was on its council in 1842; M PHREN ASSN. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

751.1 — 751.1 "External Indications of Character, Craneology [sic]," Chapter 5 of his Outlines of Character. By a Member of the Philomathic Institution, London: Longman & Co, 1823: 87- 126. (The chapters were read at different sessions of the Philomathic Inst. Reviewed, praisingly, in GENT'S MAG, 1823.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	751.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	231
Printed page	226
Database ID	2157

Original Transcription

751. MAUGHAM, Robert (d. 1862), solicitor and author of legal works;
first sec Incorporated Law Soc, of which he urged the formation in
1825; proprietor and ed Legal Observer, 1830-56; promoted Attorneys
Act, 1843, and Solicitors Act, 1860; active member of the Philomathic
Inst; joined LONDON PHREN SOC, Apr 1824 and was on its council
in 1842; M PHREN ASSN. (DNB)