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PYPER, William (1797-1861)

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Born: 1797

Died: 1861

Editorial Description

latinist; schoolmaster of Edin High School, 1822-42; prof of humanities, St. Andrew's Univ, from 1844; believed by Shapin (1975 Appendix A) to have been the author of the attack in the (Tory) Edin Advertiser 24 Dec 1834 on G. COMBE'S lectures to the EDIN PHIL ASSN. (DNB)

Editorial Information

Identifier	932.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	282
Printed page	277
Database ID	2657

Original Transcription

932. PYPER, William (1797-1861), latinist; schoolmaster of Edin High
School, 1822-42; prof of humanities, St. Andrew's Univ, from 1844;
believed by Shapin (1975 Appendix A) to have been the author of
the attack in the (Tory) Edin Advertiser 24 Dec 1834 on G. COMBE'S
lectures to the EDIN PHIL ASSN. (DNB)