Frank H. Hankins
American sociologist
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| Intro | American sociologist | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Anthropologist Sociologist | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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| Birth | 27 September 1877, Ohio, USA | |
| Death | 24 January 1970Franklin Lakes, USA (aged 92 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra |
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Biography
Frank Hamilton Hankins (September 27, 1877 in Willshire, Ohio – January 24, 1970 in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) 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 racial theories such as Aryanism, Gobinism, Celticism, Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism.
In 1933 he was one of signers of the Humanist Manifesto.
Works
- Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician (1908)
- An Introduction to the Study of Society: An Outline of Primary Factors and Fundamental Institutions (1928)
- The Racial Basis of Civilization: A Critique of the Nordic Doctrine (1931)
- Reminiscences of Frank Hamilton Hankins(1968)