Madison Grant
American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865-1937) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 71
Madison Grant was an American lawyer, zoologist, anthropologist, and writer known for his work as a conservationist, eugenicist, and as an advocate of scientific racism.
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Irving Fisher Co-founded Society for Biodemography and Social Biology
Henry Fairfield Osborn Co-founded Society for Biodemography and Social Biology
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Charles Benedict Davenport Co-founded Society for Biodemography and Social Biology
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Ota Benga was exhibited in the Monkey House of the Bronx Zoo, New York, in 1906.
Title page of Grant's book The Passing of the Great Race (1916)
"Present Distribution of the European Races" (1916) - Grant's map of the "Nordics" in red, the "Alpines" in green, and the "Mediterraneans" in yellow
Grant in the 1920s
California State Parks removed Grant's Marker at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in June 2021.About this person
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.
