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ROBERTSON, John Mackinnon (1856-1933)

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Born: 1856

Died: 1933

Editorial Description

historian of freethought; largely self-educated; worked on the National Reformer and, with the death of its editor, Charles Bradlaugh in 1891, assumed the editorship; commenced the Free Review in 1893, which he edited until 1895; liberal MP for Tyneside, 1906-18; regular contributor to the "scientific notes" in the GENTS MAG; contemptuous of 'the medical bats of the day'; VP of the BR PHREN ASSN. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

963.1 — 963.1 "The Revival of Phrenology," Free Rev, 5 (1896): 352- 72, 616-43; and vol 6 (1896): 246-63. (Stimulated by W. M. WILLIAMS' Vindication of Phrenology; argues that the decline of phrenology can be attributed to religio-economic pressure on the medical profession.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	963.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	287
Printed page	282
Database ID	2707

Original Transcription

963. ROBERTSON, John Mackinnon (1856-1933), historian of freethought; largely self-educated; worked on the National Reformer
and, with the death of its editor, Charles Bradlaugh in 1891, assumed the editorship; commenced the Free Review in 1893, which he
edited until 1895; liberal MP for Tyneside, 1906-18; regular contributor to the "scientific notes" in the GENTS MAG; contemptuous of
'the medical bats of the day'; VP of the BR PHREN ASSN. (DNB)