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Phrenology became one of the most popular movements of the Victorian Era. In part phrenology's success was due to George Combe tailoring phrenology for the middle class. Combe's book On the Constitution of Man and its Relationship to External Objects was one of the most popular of the time, selling over two hundred thousand copies in a ten-year ...
Phrenology chart published in Latter Day Saint newspaper The Prophet on January 15, 1845 [1] [2] Phrenology has been a cultural factor in the Latter Day Saint movement (informally Mormons) since around the time of its founding in 1830. [1] Phrenology is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.
The Society's formation launched the phrenology movement in the United States. [4] The Boston Phrenological Society was founded by phrenology adherent Nahum Capen [5] on the day of Spurzheim's funeral, November 17, 1832. [2]: 6 [4]: X
Phrenology, a form of physiognomy that measures the bumps on the skull in order to determine mental and personality characteristics, was created around 1800 by German physician Franz Joseph Gall and Johann Spurzheim, and was widely popular in the 19th century in Europe and the United States.
A measure of Perfection: Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America. The University of North Carolina Press. Combe, G., Essays on Phrenology, or An Inquiry into the Principles and Utility of the System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and Into the Objections Made Against It, H.C Carey and I. Lea, (Philadelphia), 1822. Davies, John D. (1955).
Orson wrote and lectured on phrenology, preservation of health, popular education and social reform from 1834 to 1887. Lorenzo and his wife Lydia Folger Fowler lectured frequently with Orson on the subject of phrenology. [1] The three were "in large measure" responsible for the mid-19th century popularity of phrenology. [2]
The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany was founded in 1838 as a phrenological periodical, though the details of its foundation are largely unknown. [2]: 73 It was financially and ideologically supported by the phrenologist Fowler family, including Orson Squire Fowler, Lorenzo Fowler, and Samuel R. Wells; Wells became its leading editor during the 1870s.
In the early 19th century, phrenology, a pseudo-science involving the measuring of skulls to predict an individual's personality was widely believed. As a national figure and well known for his works and public persona, Burns' skull was of great interest to phrenologists at the time.