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TREVELYAN, Walter Calverley (1797-1879)

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Born: 1797

Died: 1879

Title: Sir

Editorial Description

elder brother of Arthur TREVELYAN; BA Univ Coll, Oxford, 1820; FGS 1817, FRSE; studied science in Edin where he was a member of the Wernerian Nat Hist Soc; died leaving an estate of 29,101 acres worth £24,463 pa; a prohibitionist, like his brother, and first pres of the United Kingdom Alliance; M Scottish Curative Mesmeric Assn; M PHREN J, and at its last meeting Dec 1870; M PHREN ASSN. (DNB; Harrison, Temperance Bio Dict)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1130.1 — 1130.1 *[with G. COMBE] "Historical Notice of Early Opinions Regarding the Functions of Different Parts of the Brain," PHREN J, 2 (1824/5): 378-91. Reprinted in R. COX, 1836: 298-311.

Editorial Information

Identifier	1130.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	332
Printed page	327
Database ID	3131

Original Transcription

1130. TREVELYAN, Sir Walter Calverley (1797-1879), elder brother



of Arthur TREVELYAN; BA Univ Coll, Oxford, 1820; FGS 1817,
FRSE; studied science in Edin where he was a member of the Wernerian Nat Hist Soc; died leaving an estate of 29,101 acres worth
£24,463 pa; a prohibitionist, like his brother, and first pres of the
United Kingdom Alliance; M Scottish Curative Mesmeric Assn; M
PHREN J, and at its last meeting Dec 1870; M PHREN ASSN. (DNB;
Harrison, Temperance Bio Dict)