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Sir Arthur Keith | |
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 Arthur Keith | |
| Born | 5 February 1866 |
| Died | 7 January 1955 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Known for | Group selection |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
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Sir Arthur Keith FRS[1] FRAI (5 February 1866 – 7 January 1955) was a British anatomist and anthropologist, and a proponent of scientific racism. He was a fellow and later the Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.[2][3] He was a strong proponent of the Piltdown Man, but conceded it to be a forgery shortly before his death.[4]
- ^ a b Clark, W. E. L. G. (1955). "Arthur Keith 1866-1955". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1: 144–161. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1955.0011. S2CID 186211589.
- ^ Read, R. C. (2007). "Arthur Keith, the anatomist who envisioned herniosis". Hernia. 11 (6): 469–471. doi:10.1007/s10029-007-0273-9. PMID 17687509. S2CID 22678667.
- ^ Keith, A. (1912). "Anatomy in Scotland during the lifetime of Sir John Struthers (1823–1899)". Edinb. Med. J. 8: 7–33.
- ^ Edmeades, Baz (2021). Megafauna First Victims of the Human-Caused Extinction. Cork: BookBaby. p. 333. ISBN 9781544526522.