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Robert Wilson Shufeldt

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American scientist (1850-1934)

United StatesDoctorsLived 1850 to 1934 · aged 83
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Robert Wilson Shufeldt Jr. was an American osteologist, myologist, museologist and ethnographer who contributed to comparative studies of bird anatomy and forensic science. He considered black people as a problem for America and was a proponent of white supremacy and scientific racism.

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Shufeldt in his study at Fort Wingate, c. 1885Shufeldt in his study at Fort Wingate, c. 1885Examining a snake, c. 1910Examining a snake, c. 1910

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Robert Wilson Shufeldt Jr. was an American osteologist, myologist, museologist and ethnographer who contributed to comparative studies of bird anatomy and forensic science. He considered black people as a problem for America and was a proponent of white supremacy and scientific racism. A scandal and subsequent divorce from his second wife, the granddaughter of the famous ornithologist John James Audubon, who he ostensibly "studied" as an example of a mulatto, led to a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of the United States of America on the subject of alimony and bankruptcy.

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United States
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Doctors
Type
Doctor
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1850 to 1934 · aged 83
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