Lavater, Johann Kaspar

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Lavater, Johann Kaspar (yō`hän käs`pär lä`vätər, lävä`tər), 1741–1801, Swiss theologian and mystic. He wrote several books on metaphysics, but he is chiefly remembered for his work on physiognomy, the art of determining character from facial characteristics.

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