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THURNAM, John (1810-1873)

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Metadata

Born: 1810

Died: 1873

Editorial Description

craniologist; MRCS 1834, MD St Andrews 1846, FRCP 1859; a Quaker; med supt Friend's Retreat, 1838-49; med supt County Asylum, Devizes, Wilts, 1851 to death; twice pres Medico-Psych Assn; author of Observations on the Statistics of Insanity (1843), and Two Principal Forms of Ancient British and Gaulish Skulls (1865); co-author with J. B. DAVIS of Crania Britannica. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1110.1 — 1110.1 "On the Scientific Craniology of Professor Carus," Report of the 14th Meeting of the British Association, York, September 1844: 86. (Title only; no abstract given.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1110.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	329
Printed page	324
Database ID	3097

Original Transcription

1110. THURNAM, John (1810-73), craniologist; MRCS 1834, MD St
Andrews 1846, FRCP 1859; a Quaker; med supt Friend's Retreat,
1838-49; med supt County Asylum, Devizes, Wilts, 1851 to death;
twice pres Medico-Psych Assn; author of Observations on the Statistics of Insanity (1843), and Two Principal Forms of Ancient British
and Gaulish Skulls (1865); co-author with J. B. DAVIS of Crania
Britannica. (DNB)