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OWEN, Robert Dale (1801-1877)

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Born: 1801

Died: 1877

Editorial Description

publicist, author, communitarian, politician; son of Robert OWEN; joined the New Harmony Settlement, Indiana, 1826; ed New Harmony Gazette; commenced the Free Enquirer, 1828; wrote Moral Physiology (1831); had his head read by DEVILLE and by SPURZHEIM in 1827; came to see the role of environment as less significant than inherent makeup, and to see social change as coming gradually; became deeply interested in spiritualism. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

865.1 — 865.1 "Visit [1827] to Spurzheim--Sketch of the Phrenological Theory," Free Enquirer [N Y], 3 (1 Jan 1831): 79-80. ("I have too little experience to deny, and too little faith to believe.")
865.2 — 865.2 Neurology. An account of some experiments in cerebral physiology. By Dr. [Joseph Rhodes] Buchanan of Louisville. Communicated to an American Newspaper, at Dr. Buchanan's Request. London: J. Watson, 1842. Pp. 11.

Editorial Information

Identifier	865.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	260
Printed page	255
Database ID	2457

Original Transcription

865. OWEN, Robert Dale (1801-77), publicist, author, communitarian,
politician; son of Robert OWEN; joined the New Harmony Settlement,
Indiana, 1826; ed New Harmony Gazette; commenced the Free Enquirer,
1828; wrote Moral Physiology (1831); had his head read by DEVILLE
and by SPURZHEIM in 1827; came to see the role of environment as
less significant than inherent makeup, and to see social change as
coming gradually; became deeply interested in spiritualism. (DNB)