Editing George Combe (section)

==Later life==
[[John Ramsay L'Amy]], son of [[James L'Amy]], trained under Combe at his offices at 25 Northumberland Street in [[New Town, Edinburgh|Edinburgh's New Town]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 |date=July 2006 |publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh |isbn=978-0-902-198-84-5 |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1832–1833.</ref>

In 1842, Combe gave a course of 22 lectures on phrenology at the [[Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg]] and travelled about Europe enquiring into management of schools, prisons and asylums.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=750}}

On retiring, Combe took a substantial terraced townhouse, 45 Melville Street, in Edinburgh's West End.<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1857–1858.</ref> He was revising the 9th edition of the ''Constitution of Man'' when he died at [[Moor Park, Farnham]] in August 1858. He lies under a simple headstone in the [[Dean Cemetery]], Edinburgh, against the north wall of the original section. His wife Cecilia Siddons is buried with him.