practical phrenologist of Liverpool; travelled in USA in the 1840s collecting skulls; established the School of Practical Phrenology and Physiology, Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, before 1850; lectured on phrenology in the North and Midlands, 1840s-1860s.
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
124.1
— 124.1 Phrenological Head: Synopsis of Phrenology ... list of faculties, Phrenological Development together with the character and talents of ( ). Liverpool: J. R. Williams, [1850]. Pp. 22.
124.2
— 124.2 Phrenology Made Practical and Popularly Explained. Liverpool: Sampson, Low & Co, 1857. Pp. 188. 2nd edn, 1861, 3rd, revised and enlarged, 1877.
124.3
— 124.3 Phreno-Physiometrical Characteristics of James Spollin, who was tried for the Murder of Mr. George S. Little. With an Account of the Author's Interviews with Spollin etc etc. London: W. HORSELL, 1858. Pp. 79+plates.
124.4
— 124.4 Criminals, Crimes and Their Governing Laws as Demonstrated by the Sciences of Physiology and Mental Geometry. London: George Philip & Son, 1860. Pp. 40 (1s) (Reproduces a letter on phrenology from Lord Palmerston.)
124.5
— 124.5 Popular Manual of Phrenology. London & Liverpool: George Philip & Son, 1860. Pp. 96. (3s 6d)
124.6
— 124.6 Hints to Mothers on Home Education. London: G. Philip & Son, 1862. Pp. 320.
124.7
— 124.7 The Register of the Size of the Phrenological Organs of the Brain Showing Which to Cultivate, Which to Direct, and Which to Control, both as regards self-improvement and in conducting the education of youth. London & Liverpool: George Philip & Son, 1863. Pp. 12.
Editorial Information
Identifier
124.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
37
Printed page
32
Database ID
316
Original Transcription
124. BRIDGES, Frederick (d. 1883), practical phrenologist of Liverpool; travelled in USA in the 1840s collecting skulls; established the
School of Practical Phrenology and Physiology, Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, before 1850; lectured on phrenology in the North and Midlands,
1840s-1860s.