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TREVELYAN, Arthur of Wallington (1802-1878)

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Born: 1802

Died: 1878

Editorial Description

near Morpeth, Northumberland; 2nd son of Sir John Trevelyan and brother of Sir Walter Calverly TREVELYAN; total abstinence advocate and supporter of radical causes; patron of R. OWEN'S Harmony Hall; VP National Secular Soc; author of The Moral Lunacy of Class Legislation and Their Supporters Demonstrated (1849), A Theory of Heat and the Vital Principle (1850); M Scottish Curative Mesmeric Assn, 1856; M NEWCASTLE PHREN SOC, VP EDIN PHREN SOC, 1833, and present at its last meeting in Dec 1870; a councillor on the EDIN ETHICAL SOC, 1836; one of the 12 founding members of the EDIN PHREN ASSN; M PHREN ASSN.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1129.1 — 1129.1 'Derangement of Language and some of the Perceptive Faculties--Phrenological Association, Glasgow', PHREN J, 14 (1841): 55-6.
1129.2 — 1129.2 "Case of Delahunt--to editor," PHREN J, 15 (1842): 381-2.
1129.3 — 1129.3 "Phrenology--to editor," NEW MORAL WORLD, 4 Feb 1843: 255. (Confessed to being a phrenologist for 13 years, ever since he had had a 'correct' delineation of his head.)
1129.4 — 1129.4 "Letter from Mr. Trevelyan to Editor," ZOIST, 1 (Oct 1843): 275-6. (Giving his support to ENGLEDUE'S materialist address.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1129.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	332
Printed page	327
Database ID	3126

Original Transcription

1129. TREVELYAN, Arthur (1802-78) of Wallington, near Morpeth,
Northumberland; 2nd son of Sir John Trevelyan and brother of Sir
Walter Calverly TREVELYAN; total abstinence advocate and supporter
of radical causes; patron of R. OWEN'S Harmony Hall; VP National
Secular Soc; author of The Moral Lunacy of Class Legislation and
Their Supporters Demonstrated (1849), A Theory of Heat and the
Vital Principle (1850); M Scottish Curative Mesmeric Assn, 1856; M
NEWCASTLE PHREN SOC, VP EDIN PHREN SOC, 1833, and present
at its last meeting in Dec 1870; a councillor on the EDIN ETHICAL
SOC, 1836; one of the 12 founding members of the EDIN PHREN ASSN;
M PHREN ASSN.