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Person
Pease, Rufus D. (Rufus Degranza), approximately 1825-
approximately 1825-1890
Rufus Degranza Pease was born abt. 1825, in New York, USA.
He studied at Willoughby Medical College, Willoughby, Ohio (1843-1845), and became a physician, reformer, and anti-spiritualist. He was one of the founders of the National Association of Christians Opposed to Secret Societies and was their lecturer for several years. His medical interests included physiognomy and phrenology. He also founded and was editor of the Journal of Man (Philadelphia, Penn.). He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He died in 1890.