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    Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (31 December 1776 – 10 November 1832) was a German physician who became one of the chief proponents of phrenology, which was developed...
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  • Autobiography. Broadview Press. p. 510 note 248. ISBN 978-1-4604-0314-3. Spurzheim, Johann Caspar (1829). Outlines of Phrenology. p. 1. Poskett, James (18 February...
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    as it pertained to the individual. It was Gall's collaborator Johann Gaspar Spurzheim who would popularize the term "phrenology". In 1809 Gall began...
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    continental phrenologist, Johann Gaspar Spurzheim. Spurzheim was an anatomist and a former pupil of Franz Josef Gall. Spurzheim's brief tour and death popularized...
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    30 – William Drayton, American politician (d. 1846) December 31 – Johann Spurzheim, German physician (d. 1832) 1777 * January – William Barton, English...
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  • a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1822. Tulk corresponded with Johann Caspar Spurzheim. His interest in phrenology led him to act as President for the...
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    Locarno, Switzerland, William Bally travelled as an artist with Johann Caspar Spurzheim from 1829. In 1832 it was advertised that he had created a set...
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