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Spurzheim, Johann Caspar
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Phrenologist, born in Trèves; went to study medicine at Vienna; attended the lectures of Gall and became a disciple, accompanying him on a lecturing tour through Central Europe, and settling with him in 1807 in Paris; in 1813 he separated from Gall, and went to lecture in England with much acceptance; in 1832 he proceeded to America with the same object, but he had hardly started on his mission when he died at Boston; he wrote numerous works bearing on phrenology, education, &c. (1776-1832).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Spurzheim, Johann Caspar'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/spurzheim-johann-caspar.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Spurzheim, Johann Caspar'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/spurzheim-johann-caspar.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.