Background
Severn was born in 1860 and worked as a phrenologist in Brighton.
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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.
