Harry H. Laughlin
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1880 – 1943
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Who was Harry H. Laughlin?
Harry Hamilton Laughlin was a leading American eugenicist in the first half of the 20th century. He was the director of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and was among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation. A biographer has described him as "among the most racist and anti-Semitic of early twentieth-century eugenicists."
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1880
Oskaloosa - Also known as
- Harry Laughlin
- Education
- Truman State University
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- Iowa
- Kirksville
- Died
- Jan 26, 1943
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on July 23, 2013
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