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SMILES, Samuel (1812-1904)

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Born: 1812

Died: 1904

Editorial Description

author of Self-Help (1859); wrote to G. COMBE in 1837 to seek promotion of his first book Physical Education (1837) (see review in PHREN J, 1838); referred to phrenology in most of his highly popular writings. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1036.1 — 1036.1 "Dr. Andrew Combe," in his Brief Biographies. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1861: 365-76.

Editorial Information

Identifier	1036.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	308
Printed page	303
Database ID	2908

Original Transcription

1036. SMILES, Samuel (1812-1904), author of Self-Help (1859); wrote
to G. COMBE in 1837 to seek promotion of his first book Physical
Education (1837) (see review in PHREN J, 1838); referred to phrenology in most of his highly popular writings. (DNB)