Frank H. Hankins Explained

Frank H. Hankins
Birth Date:September 27, 1877
Birth Place:Willshire, Ohio, US
Death Place:Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, US
Fields:Sociology
Workplaces:Clark University
Alma Mater:Columbia University
Thesis Title:Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician
Thesis Url:https://books.google.com/books?id=cvs2AQAAMAAJ
Thesis Year:1908
Doctoral Advisor:Henry Ludwell Moore
Doctoral Students:Melvin M. Knight

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[1] and racial theories such as Aryanism, Gobinism, Celticism, Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism.

In 1933 he was one of signers of the Humanist Manifesto.

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Notes and References

  1. Reuter . E. B. . 1927 . Review of The Racial Basis of Civilization. . American Journal of Sociology . 32 . 5 . 841–842 . 10.1086/214248 . 2765661 . 0002-9602.