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DEUCHAR, Robert

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Editorial Description

pres Roy Physical Soc, Edin; solicitor, Supreme Court, Edin; on Edin Town Council in 1836 when he supported Isaac Taylor for the University Chair of Logic (for which G. COMBE was applying); a materialist, he also opposed COMBE'S use of natural law.

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

298.1 — 298.1 A Brief Review of Ancient and Modern Philosophy, in its connection with scepticism and religion. Containing also a correspondence betwixt the author and the late George Combe, Esq [on science, religion and phrenology]. Together with criticisms on modern theologians, and refutation of Hamilton, Ferrier, Hennell, Combe, Renan, &c, &c. Edin: James Thin, 1864. Pp. 307.

Editorial Information

Identifier	298.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	102
Printed page	97
Database ID	954

Original Transcription

298. DEUCHAR, Robert, pres Roy Physical Soc, Edin; solicitor, Supreme Court, Edin; on Edin Town Council in 1836 when he supported
Isaac Taylor for the University Chair of Logic (for which G. COMBE was
applying); a materialist, he also opposed COMBE'S use of natural law.