Arthur Keith

1866 - 1955

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Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: University College London, University of Aberdeen

Occupation: anthropologist, university teacher, anatomist

Award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Bachelor, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

Position held: rector

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Sir Arthur Keith FRS FRAI (5 February 1866 – 7 January 1955) was a British anatomist and anthropologist, and a proponent of scientific racism. He was a fellow and later the Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was a strong proponent of the Piltdown Man, but conceded it to be a forgery shortly before his death. Source: Wikipedia (en)