Later Life
In 1842, Combe delivered a course of twenty-two lectures on phrenology in the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, and he travelled much in Europe, inquiring into the management of schools, prisons and asylums.
Combe was revising the ninth edition of the Constitution of Man when he died at Moor Park, Farnham in August 1858. He was buried in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh and his resting place is marked by a rather flamboyant headstone.
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