Frank H. Hankins
Frank Hamilton Hankins (September 27, 1877 – January 24, 1970) was an American sociologist and anthropologist who was the president of the American Sociological Society in 1938. He wrote the book The Racial Basis of Civilization (1926) which was critical of notions of racial superiority and racial theories such as Aryanism, Gobinism, Celticism, Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism.
Frank H. Hankins | |
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| Born | September 27, 1877 Willshire, Ohio, US |
| Died | January 24, 1970 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | Clark University |
| Thesis | Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician (1908) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Ludwell Moore |
| Doctoral students | Melvin M. Knight |
In 1933 he was one of signers of the Humanist Manifesto.
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