Ashley Montagu
Anthropologist, Academic
1905 – 1999
Who was Ashley Montagu?
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist, who popularized topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development. He was the rapporteur, in 1950, for the UNESCO statement The Race Question. As a young man he changed his name to "Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu". After relocating to the United States he used the name "Ashley Montagu". Montagu, who became a naturalized American citizen in 1940, taught and lectured at Harvard, Princeton University, Rutgers University, the University of California, and New York University. He authored over sixty books throughout this lifetime. In 1995, the American Humanist Association named him the Humanist of the Year.
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- Born
- Jun 28, 1905
London - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
- Columbia University
- Employment
- New York University
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Nov 26, 1999
Princeton
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on July 23, 2013
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