COMBE

Boyce ( 2 son of Harvey Christian Combe of Cobham park, Surrey 1752–1818 ). b. London 1789; ed. at Harrow; barrister L.I. 19 Nov. 1813, bencher; magistrate at Thames police court 1833, at Lambeth St. near White chapel 1838, at Hatton garden 1839, at Clerkenwell 1842, at South wark 1851 to death. d. 43 Upper Seymour st. Portman sq. London 7 Jany. 1864. I.L.N. x , 332 (1847), portrait . COMBE, George ( son of George Combe of Edinburgh, brewer, who d. 29 Sep. 1815 in 60 year. ) b. Livings ton’s yards, Edin. 21 Oct. 1788; studied at Univ. of Edin. 1802–4; admitted a writer to the signet 31 Jany. 1812, practised in Edin 1812–36; a founder of Phrenological Society, Feb. 1820; delivered 158 lectures on phrenology and education in United States 1838–40; author of Elements of phrenology 1824, 8 ed. 1855; Outlines of phrenology 1824, 9 ed. 1854; The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects 1828, 9 ed. 1860; Notes on the United States 3 vols. 1841, and numerous other works. d. Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey 14 Aug. 1858. bur. in the Dean cemetery, Edin. The life of George Combe by Charles Gibbon 2 vols. 1878, portrait ; Charles Mackay’s Forty years recollections (1877) ii , 241–70; H. Martin eau’s Biographical sketches , 4 ed. (1876) 265–77; R. Capen’s Reminiscences of Spurzheim and Combe 1881; Crombie’s Modern A then i ans (1882) 161–6, portrait .