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Samuel George Morton

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American physician and naturalist (1799-1851)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1799 to 1851 · aged 52
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Samuel George Morton was an American medical doctor, naturalist, and writer. As one of the early figures of scientific racism, he argued against monogenism, the single creation story of the Bible, instead supporting polygenism, a theory of multiple racial creations.

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Engraving of Morton from the frontispiece to Types of Mankind by Nott and GliddonEngraving of Morton from the frontispiece to Types of Mankind by Nott and GliddonFigure 148 Types of Mankind P. 226.[46] Coauthored by George GliddonFigure 148 Types of Mankind P. 226.[46] Coauthored by George Gliddon

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1799 to 1851 · aged 52
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18 languages

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