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WHITE, John (1806-1868)

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Born: 1806

Died: 1868

Editorial Description

LSA 1828, MRCS 1829; of Finchley, Middlesex; author of Popular Lectures on Man (1841) and Lessons on House-Wifery (1849); lectured on phrenology in the Lancasterian Schoolroom, Tottenham, 1837, Tottenham Mechanics' Inst, 1838, and Highgate Lit & Sci Inst, 1841; esoteric Christian phrenologist; appears as a phrenological manipulator (and possibly a lecturer) in Bath in the 1850s.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

1187.1 — 1187.1 Phrenology Explained, in Connection with the Scriptures and Christ the Holy; the Substance of a lecture given in the Lancasterian Schoolroom, Tottenham, in May, 1837. London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1838. Pp. 22. (Called by the LIT GAZ, 7 Apr 1838: 215, "a strange confusion of phrenology with Greek texts and mistranslations.")
1187.2 — 1187.2 The Science of Phrenology. (A single sheet opening out a list of "The Harmony Between Phrenology and the Scriptures" i.e., the mental faculties listed with biblical support alongside.) Bath: [1850]. (Contains Advertisement stating that 'Mr. J. White continues to examine heads phrenologically at one shilling each'.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1187.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	348
Printed page	343
Database ID	3279

Original Transcription

1187. WHITE, John (1806-68), LSA 1828, MRCS 1829; of Finchley,
Middlesex; author of Popular Lectures on Man (1841) and Lessons on
House-Wifery (1849); lectured on phrenology in the Lancasterian
Schoolroom, Tottenham, 1837, Tottenham Mechanics' Inst, 1838, and
Highgate Lit & Sci Inst, 1841; esoteric Christian phrenologist; appears as a phrenological manipulator (and possibly a lecturer) in
Bath in the 1850s.