Thomas Athol Joyce
1878
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1942
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Hertford College
occupation: anthropologist
Thomas Athol Joyce OBE FRAI (4 August 1878 – 3 January 1942) was a British anthropologist. He became an acknowledged expert on American and African Anthropology at the British Museum. He led expeditions to excavate Maya sites in British Honduras. He wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica including "Negro" which was derided in 1915 for its assumption of racial inferiority. He was the President of both the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Anthropological section of the British Association. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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