Samuel George Morton

Samuel George Morton

(1799–1851) anthropologist United States

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Samuel George Morton (1799–1851) was a United States anthropologist.

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.

Notable works:

Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America

Awards:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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