George Combe
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George Combe was a Scottish lawyer and a spokesman of the phrenological movement for over 20 years. He founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820 and wrote The Constitution of Man (1828). After marriage in 1833, Combe devoted his later years to promoting phrenology internationally.
Sculpted portrait of Combe on the Museum of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society building in Edinburgh
Combe as sculpted by Lawrence Macdonald around 1825
45 Melville Street, Edinburgh
Henry Siddons
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Henry Siddons was an English actor and theatrical manager, now remembered as a writer on gesture.
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
The grave of Henry Siddons, Greyfriars Kirkyard