George Combe
(1788-1858), Phrenologist and ScholarSitter in 2 portraits
George Combe was a writer on phrenology and education. He was born in Edinburgh, where for some time he practiced as a lawyer. Latterly, however, he devoted himself to the promotion of phrenology, and of his views on education, for which he in 1848 founded a school. His chief work was The Constitution of Man (1828).
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843
NPG P6(87)
after David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
carbon print, 1843-1848; published 1928
NPG Ax29518
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