Society of Anthropology of Paris

French learned society for anthropology

The Society of Anthropology of Paris (French: Société d’Anthropologie de Paris) is a French learned society for anthropology founded by Paul Broca in 1859.^[1] Broca served as the Secrétaire-général of SAP, and in that capacity responded to a letter from James Hunt welcoming the news that Hunt had established the Anthropological Society of London.

Notable members

Leopoldo Batres
Paul Bert
Pruner Bey
Adolphe Bloch
Paul Broca
Louis-Adolphe Bertillon
Anténor Firmin
Louis Pierre Gratiolet
Abel Hovelacque
Pierre Huard, professor of medicine, rector of the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny from 1964 to 1966
Gustave Lagneau
Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900, Russian philosopher)
Gustave Le Bon (member from 1879 to 1888)
Charles Letourneau, general secretary from 1887 to 1902.
Léonce Manouvrier
Charles Martin Ploix, president in 1880.^[2]
Clémence Royer
André Sanson
Paul Topinard
Joseph Deniker

References

^ Wartelle, Jean-Claude (2004). "La Société d'Anthropologie de Paris de 1859 à 1920". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines (in French). 1 (10). doi:10.3917/rhsh.010.0125. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
^ L'Anthropologie : paraissant sous la direction de MM. Cartailhac, Hamy, Topinard , publisher: Elsevier-France (Paris), January 1895, pages 226-227 available at Gallica