Paul Topinard
French physician and anthropologist (1830-1911) · France · On the map · Doctors · Died at 81
Paul Topinard was a French physician and anthropologist who was a student of Paul Broca and whose views influenced the methodology adopted by Herbert Hope Risley in his ethnographic surveys of the people of India.
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1911Died20 December 19111890Montyon Science AwardAward1889Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1881Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1830Born4 November 1830
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The nasal index: a method of classifying ethnicity based on the ratio of the breadth of a nose to its height, Developed by Topinard. "Narrow" noses (Types 1-5) indicate European origin; "medium" noses (Type 6) are the "yellow races"; and "broad" are either African (Type 7) or Melanesian and Australian aboriginal (Type 8).Awards
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He became director of the École d'Anthropologie and secretary-general of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, both in succession to Broca. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1886.
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France
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Doctor
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Lived 1830 to 1911 · aged 81
