Hubert Walter | |
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| Born | April 14, 1930 Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany |
| Died | December 6, 2008 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Spouse | Heide Krüger |
| Children | Erk (born 1955) Kai (born 1959) Jörn (born 1960) Vibeke (born 1966)[1] |
| Parent(s) | Hilde Walter (mother) Helmut Walter (father) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Investigations into the Inheritance of the Above-average or Below-average Height of Small and School Children (Ph.D.) (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Weinert |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology Human Biology |
| Institutions | Former professor of anthropology and human biology, University of Bremen |
| Main interests | General anthropology Social Anthropology Population Biology Population Genetics Serology History of Science |
Hubert Walter (April 14, 1930 — December 6, 2008) was a German anthropologist and human biologist.
Born in Berlin, he did a Ph.D. from the University of Kiel in 1953 and worked at various positions at the University of Münster, University of Mainz and University of Bremen. He taught anthropology at the University of Mainz from 1962 to 1974. From 1974 to until his retirement in 1995, he was a professor of anthropology and human biology at the University of Bremen. He received several honors and honorary memberships from various universities and anthropological organizations, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens in 1998 and an honorary membership from the European Anthropological Association in 2008. Along with anthropology, genetics and serology, his research interests also included the history of science.
He died at the age of 78 years because of the consequential complications from a stroke that had occurred to him 11 months earlier from his death.