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TURNER, Henry

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Editorial Description

warehouseman of Sheffield; sec Sheffield Secular Soc; leading West Riding secularist; became a follower of Joseph BARKER; sec SHEFFIELD PHREN SOC, 1840s; taught phrenology at the Mechanics' Inst, illustrating the science with the heads of Richard Oastler, Isaac Ironside, HOLYOAKE, and R. OWEN.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1136.1 — 1136.1 Phrenology: its Evidences and Inferences. With Criticisms Upon Mr. Grant's Recent Lectures. 2nd edn, Sheffield: printed by Jeremiah Robertshaw, 1858. Pp. 16. (2d)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1136.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	334
Printed page	329
Database ID	3144

Original Transcription

1136. TURNER, Henry, warehouseman of Sheffield; sec Sheffield
Secular Soc; leading West Riding secularist; became a follower of
Joseph BARKER; sec SHEFFIELD PHREN SOC, 1840s; taught phrenology at the Mechanics' Inst, illustrating the science with the heads
of Richard Oastler, Isaac Ironside, HOLYOAKE, and R. OWEN.