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WILSON, Alexander (d. 1846)

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Died: 1846

Editorial Description

born in Scotland and originally employed as a shopkeeper in Dumbartonshire; worked briefly for the Scotsman; a very reserved person with literary tastes; apparently driven to phrenology lecturing for pecuniary reasons; itinerated mainly in Ireland, 1836-46 (where he died), also conducting manipulations; gave one lecture in Birmingham Athenaeum, 1842. (Obit: PHREN J, 20 [1847]: 95.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	1206.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	352
Printed page	347
Database ID	3312

Original Transcription

1206. WILSON, Alexander (d. 1846), born in Scotland and originally
employed as a shopkeeper in Dumbartonshire; worked briefly for the
Scotsman; a very reserved person with literary tastes; apparently
driven to phrenology lecturing for pecuniary reasons; itinerated
mainly in Ireland, 1836-46 (where he died), also conducting manipulations; gave one lecture in Birmingham Athenaeum, 1842. (Obit:
PHREN J, 20 [1847]: 95.)