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François Joseph Gall
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- The doctor and anatomist François Joseph Gall was the founder of phrenology, a science of the mind now considered outdated but that was of major importance in the Western world in the first half of the nineteenth century. Phrenology put forward a theory for the perpetration of crime, passing of judgment, and application of penalties. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Gall, FrançOis Joseph (1758–1828)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/François_Joseph_Gall
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