Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: Looking back over 50 years has tempted me to offer an overview of the changing intellectual scenery of the subject, even though some subjectivity is involved.The dominant figure intellectually in physical anthropology in America for more than 40 years was Earnest Albert Hooton.He was a remarkable man personally, offering his students all the virtues of charity, warmth, support, and a genuine friendliness.His failing lay at a professional level, where he championed the anthropometry of the individual and never accepted the development of the new systematics as it emerged during his lifetime.As his students we knew that he had started out in the classics.We were not aware that having qualified for a Rhodes scholarship in 1907, he deferred going at once to Oxford and instead attended the University of Wisconsin to do graduate work.He received a degree of M.A. in the classics in 1908, and a Ph.D. in 1911.This classical background, combined with his native abilities, helps to explain his superb manner of communicating both in writing and in speech.
Source: Annual Review of Anthropology
Author: Joseph B. Birdsell
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2165806563