Earnest Hooton
Anthropologist, Academic
1887 – 1954
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Who was Earnest Hooton?
Earnest Albert Hooton was a U.S. physical anthropologist known for his work on racial classification and his popular writings such as the book Up From The Ape. Hooton sat on the Committee on the Negro, a group that "focused on the anatomy of blacks and reflected the racism of the time."
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1887
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Lawrence University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Wisconsin
- Died
- May 3, 1954
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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