Joseph Millott Severn

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Joseph Millot Severn

Born	1860 Codnor
Died	1942 Brighton
Occupation	Phrenologist
Nationality	English
Period	1912-
Subjects	Phrenology, History

Joseph Millot Severn was an English writer, historian, and phrenologist born in Codnor, Derbyshire.^[1]

Biography

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. "Professor" 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)

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

↑ 1.0 1.1
- Joseph Severn, Codnor & District Local History & Heritage website, accessed 27 January 2009
↑ Phrenology at the Whipple library accessed June 2007

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Persondata
Name	Severn, Joseph Millot, Prof
Alternative names
Short description	British phrenologist
Date of birth	1860
Place of birth	Codnor
Date of death	1942
Place of death	Brighton

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