Coon, Carleton S. (Carleton Stevens), 1904-1981
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- Summary
- Carleton Stevens Coon was an American anthropologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his scientific racist theories concerning the parallel evolution of human races, which were widely disputed in his lifetime and are considered pseudoscientific by modern science. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1904-06-23 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Wakefield, Mass. [2]
- Wakefield [4]
- Died
- 1981-06-06 [2]
- 1981-06-03 [4]
- Death Place
- Gloucester, Mass. [3]
- Gloucester [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- university teacher [4]
- ethnologist [4]
- writer [4]
- Employer
- Harvard University [4]
- Office of Strategic Services [4]
- University of Pennsylvania [4]
- Work Place
- Gloucester, Mass. [2]
- Educated at
- Phillips Academy [4]
- Harvard University [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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