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PARTINGTON, Charles Frederick (d. 1857?) (1825-1806)

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Born: 1825

Died: 1806

Editorial Description

styled himself "prof of mechanical philosophy of the London Inst"; assistant librarian to the London Inst; lectured on various mechanical subjects in London insts; ed, among other things, the Scientific Gazette , co-ed, and partly wrote the London Journal of Arts and Science . (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

873.1 — 873.1 "Phrenology," in his (ed) The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences; including Treatises on Various Branches of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, the Useful and Fine Arts, Mathematics, Commerce, etc. [complete in 2 vols], London: W. S. Orr & Co, 1835: vol 2: 205-22. (Favorable to phrenology.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	873.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	262
Printed page	257
Database ID	2475

Original Transcription

873. PARTINGTON, Charles Frederick (d. 1857?), styled himself
"prof of mechanical philosophy of the London Inst"; assistant librarian
to the London Inst; lectured on various mechanical subjects in London insts; ed, among other things, the Scientific Gazette (1825-6),
co-ed, and partly wrote the London Journal of Arts and Science
(1832-42).
(DNB)