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DAVIES, Thomas R. B. (b. 1852)

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Born: 1852

Editorial Description

born in Rhesycae, North Wales; practical phrenologist of Holkyn; a regular Church member; left school at age 15; urged to take up phrenological manipulation after H. P. HUGHES had delineated his head in 1878 in Holywell; began lecturing in 1880 and conducting head readings in Welsh and English; in 1892 he won a certificate from the Rev. Harry WHITE admitting him a fellow of a "Reformed Phrenological Society."

Editorial Information

Identifier	285.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	100
Printed page	95
Database ID	928

Original Transcription

285. DAVIES, Thomas R. B. (b.1852), born in Rhesycae, North
Wales; practical phrenologist of Holkyn; a regular Church member;
left school at age 15; urged to take up phrenological manipulation
after H. P. HUGHES had delineated his head in 1878 in Holywell;
began lecturing in 1880 and conducting head readings in Welsh and
English; in 1892 he won a certificate from the Rev. Harry WHITE
admitting him a fellow of a "Reformed Phrenological Society."