Joseph Millot Severn (1860-1942) was an English writer, historian, and phrenologist born in Codnor, Derbyshire.[1]
Joseph Millot Severn | |
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| Born | 1860 Codnor |
| Died | 1942 Brighton |
| Occupation | Phrenologist |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1912- |
| Subject | Phrenology, History |
Biography edit
Severn was born in 1860[2] and worked as a phrenologist in Brighton. He was President of the British Phrenological Association. This association started in the 1880s and was disbanded in 1967. Severn wrote a number of books and funded some almhouses in his home village of Codnor.
Severn died at his home in Brighton in 1942.[1]
Major works (incomplete) edit
- 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)
References edit
- ^ a b *Joseph Severn, Codnor & District Local History & Heritage website, accessed 27 January 2009
- ^ Phrenology at the Whipple library Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007