Joseph Millott Severn

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name = Joseph Millot Severn


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birthdate = 1860
birthplace = Codnor
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occupation = Phrenologist
nationality = English
period = 1912-
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subject = Phrenology, History
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Joseph Millot Severn was an English writer, historian, and phrenologist born in Codnor, Derbyshire.

Biography

Severn was born in 1860 [ [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/library/reservesevern.html Phrenology at the Whipple library] accessed June 2007] and worked as a phrenologist in Brighton. Joseph was President of the British Phrenological Association. This association started in the 1880s and was disbanded in 1967. "Professor" Joseph wrote a number of books and funded some almhouses in his home village of Codnor.

Major works (incomplete)

* "My village: Owd Codnor, Derbyshire, and the village folk when I was a boy" (1935)
* "Phrenology: Up to date" (1912)
*"Popular phrenology" (1913)
* "Phrenological and physiological chart" (1905) [Brighton Phrenological Institution]
*"Joseph Severn: Letters And Memoirs (Nineteenth Century Series)" - by Joseph Severn, Grant F. Scott, Ashgate Publishing (2005)

External links

* [http://www.codnor.info/ Codnor & District Local History & Heritage website] - official website

References