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Born: 1817
Died: 1856
cousin of John BROWN; MD Edin, 1839, but devoted himself to chemistry; wrote the atomic theory; correspondent and dinner guest of G. COMBE, and self-confessed phrenologist; author of "Physical Puritanism," WESTMINSTER REV, (1852), an article much praised by the editor, George Eliot; his letters on various religious questions appear in the appendix to G. COMBE, Science and Religion (1857): 270-5. (S. T. HALL, Biographical Sketches, 1873; DNB)
| Identifier | 155. |
|---|---|
| Type | Person |
| Source | Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989) |
| PDF page | 44 |
| Printed page | 39 |
| Database ID | 386 |
155. BROWN, Samuel (1817-56), cousin of John BROWN; MD Edin, 1839, but devoted himself to chemistry; wrote the atomic theory; correspondent and dinner guest of G. COMBE, and self-confessed phrenologist; author of "Physical Puritanism," WESTMINSTER REV, (1852), an article much praised by the editor, George Eliot; his letters on various religious questions appear in the appendix to G. COMBE, Science and Religion (1857): 270-5. (S. T. HALL, Biographical Sketches, 1873; DNB)