Bertil Lundman Explained

Bertil Lundman
Birth Name:Bertil Johannes Lundman
Birth Date:16 February 1899
Birth Place:Malmö, Sweden
Death Place:Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Known For:Scientific racism
Occupation:Anthropologist, eugenicist

Bertil J. Lundman (28 September 1899, Malmö – 5 November 1993, Uppsala) was a Swedish anthropologist.

Early life

Lundman was born on 28 September 1899, in Malmö.

Career

Lundman was an anthropologist. In the 1930s, he wrote an article in Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde, a German journal of racial studies.[1] Later, he served on the executive committee of the International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics.[1]

He created a racial classification system of Europeans in his book The Races and Peoples of Europe (1977).

Death

Lundman died on 5 November 1993.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Spring 1998 . Journal of Social Issues . Andrew S. . Winston . Science in the service of the far right: Henry E. Garrett, the IAAEE, and the Liberty Lobby - International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology - Experts in the Service of Social Reform: SPSSI, Psychology, and Society, 1936-1996 . 54 . 179–210 . 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1998.tb01212.x.