English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)

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Herbert Spencer. Photograph, 1889.

Herbert Spencer. Photogravure, 1901, after Sir H. von Herkomer.

Remarks on evolution and dissolution of the nervous system. No. 1 / by J. Hughlings Jackson, M.D., F.R.C.P., L.L.D., F.R.S.

Herbert Spencer. Colour lithograph by Sir F. C. Gould [C. G.], 1879.

Pioneers of evolution from Thales to Huxley : with an intermediate chapter on the causes of arrest of the movement / by Edward Clodd.

Herbert Spencer / by J. Arthur Thomson.

Darwin's dangerous idea. Part 2, Born equal.

The principles of psychology / by Herbert Spencer.

The physiology of laughter.

Social statics, or, the conditions essential to human happiness specified, and the first of them developed / by Herbert Spencer.

The study of sociology / by Herbert Spencer.

Education : intellectual, moral, and physical / by Herbert Spencer.

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Herbert Spencer

Images from the collections

Images about Herbert Spencer

Works from the collections

The principles of psychology / by Herbert Spencer.

The physiology of laughter.

Social statics, or, the conditions essential to human happiness specified, and the first of them developed / by Herbert Spencer.

The study of sociology / by Herbert Spencer.

Education : intellectual, moral, and physical / by Herbert Spencer.

Herbert Spencer

Images from the collections

Images about Herbert Spencer

Works from the collections

The principles of psychology / by Herbert Spencer.

The physiology of laughter.

Social statics, or, the conditions essential to human happiness specified, and the first of them developed / by Herbert Spencer.

The study of sociology / by Herbert Spencer.

Education : intellectual, moral, and physical / by Herbert Spencer.

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