Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu

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Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.

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instanceOf academic
anthropologist
author
human
humanist
birthName Israel Ehrenberg
citizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-06-28
dateOfDeath 1999-11-26
doctoralAdvisor Franz Boas
educatedAt Columbia University
London School of Economics
University College London
employer Princeton University
Rutgers University
familyName Ashley Montagu
surface form: Ashley-Montagu
fieldOfWork anthropology
evolutionary theory
gender studies
human biology
humanism
race studies
genre non-fiction
popular science
social commentary
givenName Montague
influencedBy Charles Darwin
Franz Boas
humanist philosophy
knownFor advocacy of the natural superiority of women
arguing that race is a social myth
criticizing the biological concept of race
popularizing humanistic and evolutionary views of human nature
writings on the importance of touch and skin in human development
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American anthropology
cultural anthropology
secular humanism
notableWork Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race
On Being Human
The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity
The Natural Superiority of Women
Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin
occupation lecturer
professor
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

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