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MURPHY, John Lowther

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Editorial Description

Irish-born dentist of Birmingham and active Owenite socalist; author of Elements of Socialism (1840); on Owen's Central Board for the Harmony Hall community; M of the committee of the Birmingham Mechanics' Inst. (HOLYOAKE, Sixty Years [1906] 62, 134; idem, Co-operation, vol 1: 222.)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

813.1 — 813.1 "Phrenology," in his An Essay Towards A Science of Consciousness, more Particularly Illustrative of the Phenomena of Human Knowledge, Feeling, and Action, London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1838: 213-21. (Irreverant criticism of the class bias of G. COMBE'S phrenology. Highly praised in NEW MORAL WORLD, 3 Nov 1838: 28-30. Reviewed PHREN J, 12 [1839]: 99; Birmingham J, 24 Nov 1838.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	813.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	247
Printed page	242
Database ID	2329

Original Transcription

813. MURPHY, John Lowther, Irish-born dentist of Birmingham and
active Owenite socalist; author of Elements of Socialism (1840); on
Owen's Central Board for the Harmony Hall community; M of the committee of the Birmingham Mechanics' Inst. (HOLYOAKE, Sixty Years
[1906] 62, 134; idem, Co-operation, vol 1: 222.)