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Madison Grant | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | November 19, 1865
Died | May 30, 1937 New York City, U.S. | (aged 71)
Resting place | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, New York |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Columbia University Yale University |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, writer, zoologist |
Known for | Eugenics, Scientific racism, The Passing of the Great Race, Nordicism |
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Madison Grant (November 19, 1865 – May 30, 1937) was an American lawyer, zoologist, anthropologist, and writer known for his work as a conservationist, eugenicist, and advocate of scientific racism. Grant is less noted for his far-reaching achievements in conservation than for his pseudoscientific advocacy of Nordicism, a form of racism which views the "Nordic race" as superior.[1][2]
As a white supremacist eugenicist, Grant was the author of The Passing of the Great Race (1916), one of the most famous racist texts, and played an active role in crafting immigration restriction and anti-miscegenation laws in the United States.[3][4] As a conservationist, he is credited with the saving of species including the American bison,[5] helped create the Bronx Zoo, Glacier National Park, and Denali National Park, and co-founded the Save the Redwoods League.[6] Grant developed much of the discipline of wildlife management.[7]
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