The influence of phrenological theory on the science curriculum in Victorian EnglandFootnote‡

‡ The term ‘Victorian England’ is commonly used to denote the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 1837 to 1901. It was during this period that science education in England developed from isolated, individualistic endeavours to a formal component of the school curriculum.

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