Samuel George Morton

(1799–1851) Anthropologist United States

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Samuel George Morton was an anthropologist from the United States.

Quick Facts About Samuel George Morton

Born: January 26, 1799
Died: May 15, 1851
Nationality: United States
Profession: Anthropologist
Notable works: Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America

About Samuel George Morton

Samuel George Morton was an American medical doctor, naturalist, and writer. As one of the early figures of scientific racism, he argued against monogenism, the single creation story of the Bible, instead supporting polygenism, a theory of multiple racial creations.

Biography source: Wikipedia