Carleton S. Coon
American anthropologist (1904–1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carleton Stevens Coon (June 23, 1904 – June 3, 1981) was an American anthropologist. A professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, lecturer and professor at Harvard University, he was president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.[1] Coon's theories on race were widely disputed in his lifetime[2] and are considered pseudoscientific in modern anthropology.[3][4][5][6][7]
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Born | (1904-06-23)June 23, 1904 Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | June 3, 1981(1981-06-03) (aged 76) |
Nationality | American |
Board member of | President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists |
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Thesis | A Study of the Fundamental Racial and Cultural Characteristics of the Berbers of North Africa as Exemplified by the Riffians (1928) |
Doctoral advisor | Earnest Hooton |
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Discipline | Anthropology |
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