Carleton S. Coon
1904
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1981
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Harvard University, Phillips Academy
occupation: anthropologist, university teacher, ethnologist, writer
award received: Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Viking Fund Medal, Athenaeum Literary Award
position held: president
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. Coon's theories on race were widely disputed in his lifetime and are considered pseudoscientific in modern anthropology. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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