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WHATELY, Richard (1787-1863)

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Born: 1787

Died: 1863

Editorial Description

Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, 1829-31 and archbishop of Dublin, 1831-53; had a phrenological cast of his head taken while at Oxford, but did not become an enthusiast of phrenology until after reading COMBE'S Constitution of Man in 1832; corresponded with COMBE and supplied him and G. MACKENZIE with testimonials, 1836; claimed that "religious and moral objections against the phrenological theory are utterly futile"; also endorsed homoeopathy and mesmerism. (DNB; DSB)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1184.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	348
Printed page	343
Database ID	3273

Original Transcription

1184. WHATELY, Richard (1787-1863), Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, 1829-31 and archbishop of Dublin, 1831-53;
had a phrenological cast of his head taken while at Oxford, but did
not become an enthusiast of phrenology until after reading COMBE'S
Constitution of Man in 1832; corresponded with COMBE and supplied
him and G. MACKENZIE with testimonials, 1836; claimed that "religious and moral objections against the phrenological theory are utterly futile"; also endorsed homoeopathy and mesmerism. (DNB;
DSB)