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RYLANDS, Peter (1820-1887)

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Born: 1820

Died: 1887

Editorial Description

born in Warrington, where he was a manufacturer of sailcloth, and for which town he was MP 1868-74; prominent Anti-Corn Law Leaguer; published mainly on religious themes; keen naturalist; librarian WARRINGTON PHREN SOC, 1837, and VP, 1840; read papers there on the organ of "Cautiousness," "A few general observations on comparative phrenology," "Considerations respecting the Organs which do not appear to be possessed by animals"; M PHREN ASSN. (DNB: L. Gordon Rylands, Correspondence & Speeches... with Sketch of his Career, 1890)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

987.1 — 987.1 "On the Migration of Birds [phrenologically considered]," NATURALIST, 3 (Mar 1838): 127-30.
987.2 — 987.2 "The Organ of Locality, and the Migration of Birds--to editor," NATURALIST, 3 (May 1838): 256.

Editorial Information

Identifier	987.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	292
Printed page	287
Database ID	2751

Original Transcription

987. RYLANDS, Peter (1820-87), born in Warrington, where he was
a manufacturer of sailcloth, and for which town he was MP 1868-74;
prominent Anti-Corn Law Leaguer; published mainly on religious
themes; keen naturalist; librarian WARRINGTON PHREN SOC, 1837,
and VP, 1840; read papers there on the organ of "Cautiousness,"
"A few general observations on comparative phrenology," "Considerations respecting the Organs which do not appear to be possessed by
animals"; M PHREN ASSN. (DNB: L. Gordon Rylands, Correspondence & Speeches... with Sketch of his Career, 1890)