Paul Topinard

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1830 – 1911

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Who was Paul Topinard?

Paul Topinard was a French physician and anthropologist who was a student of Paul Broca and whose views influenced the methodology adopted by Herbert Hope Risley in his ethnographic surveys of the people of India. He became director of the École d'Anthropologie and secretary-general of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, both in succession to Broca.

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Born
1830
Died
1911

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on July 23, 2013

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