Robert Bennett Bean

Robert Bennett Bean (March 24, 1874 in Gala, Virginia[1] –1944) was an associate professor of anatomy and ethnologist adept to craniometry and the concept of "race", whose scientific work was discredited by his mentor but who nonetheless became a professor at the University of Virginia and remained so until his death.[2]

  1. ^ BEAN, Robert Bennett; in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 245; via archive.org
  2. ^ Brent Tarter, The Grandees of Government: the Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia (Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2013) p. 319 citing Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man (New York 1981) pp. 77-82