Joseph Millott Severn


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

Biography

Severn was born in 1860 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.

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