Franz Joseph Gall
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Born in 1758 at Tiefenbrunn near Pforzheim, Baden, Germany on March 9th.
Most notably, Franz Joseph Gall is known for being the father of phrenology. After completing his normal schooling he began studying medicine with J. Hermann at Strassburg. Not long after, Gall moved to Vienna to practice medicine. He became keenly interested in the abilities and talents of men with relation to the shape of their skull. Gall believed that you could determine a man's personality and abilities just by the shape of his skull. This is called phrenology.
He left Vienna in 1805 to tour Germany speaking about phrenology. After that, Gall moved to Paris where he became a practitioner. He continued his studies and published a number of books. He died in Paris on August 28, 1828.
Gall believed that the brain was composed of 27 seperate organs. Each organ was said to serve a purpose. He identified 19 areas of the brain that he believed served a function.
The instinct of reproduction (located in the cerebellum)
The love of one's offspring
Affection; friendship
The instinct of self-defence; courage; the tendency to get into fights. 5. The carnivorous instinct; the tendency to murder
Guile; acuteness; cleverness
The feeling of property; the instinct of stocking up on food (in animals); covetousness; the tendency to steal
Pride; arrogance; haughtiness; love of authority; loftiness
Vanity; ambition; love of glory (a quality "beneficent for the individual and for society")
Circumspection; forethought
The memory of things; the memory of facts; educability; perfectibility
The sense of places; of space proportions
The memory of people; the sense of people
The memory of words
The sense of language; of speech
The sense of colours
The sense of sounds; the gift of music
The sense of connectness between numbers
The sense of mechanics, of construction; the talent for architecture. 20. Comparative sagacity
The sense of metaphysics
The sense of satire; the sense of witticism
The poetical talent
Kindness; benevolence; gentleness; compassion; sensitivity; moral sense
The faculty to imitate; the mimic
The organ of religion
The firmness of purpose; constancy; perseverance; obstinacy.
ref: http://www.phrenology.com/franzjosephgall.html
Localization of Brain Function: The Legacy of Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) S Zola-Morgan Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 18: 359 -383 (Volume publication date March 1995)
