Charles Chabot (

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19 March 1815 – 15 October 1882) was an English

graphologist Graphology is the analysis of handwriting in an attempt to determine the writer's personality traits. Its methods and conclusions are not supported by scientific evidence, and as such it is considered to be a pseudoscience. Graphology has been ...

who, as part of the firm of Netherclift, Chabot and Matheson, was an early practitioner of

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. Chabot was born

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, the son of Charles, a

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...

, and Amy ''née'' Pearson, a couple of

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descent.Henderson (2004) Beginning as a lithographer, he developed as an expert in

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and became sought after as an

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in a variety of famous

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s including the

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and the Tichborne Case. In 1871, Chabot became involved in establishing the ''

identity of Junius Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of political letters critical of the government of King George III to the ''Public Advertiser'', from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772 as well as several other London newspapers such ...

'' and concluded that he was Sir Philip Francis.Chabot (1871) Chabot married Sarah ''née'' Nichols in 1842 and the couple parented at least one son, Charles. Chabot died at home in London. and was buried at the South Metropolitan Cemetery at West Norwood

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