Johann Spurzheim

Johann Spurzheim
Johann Spurzheim by Alvan Fisher
Born31 December 1776
Died10 November 1832 (1832-11-11) (aged 55)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsPhrenology
Phrenology chart attributed to Dr. Spurzheim. Lithograph submitted to the Library of Congress by Pendleton's Lithography, 1834.

Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (31 December 1776 – 10 November 1832) was a German physician who became one of the chief proponents of phrenology, which was developed c. 1800 by Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828).