Hamy, Ernest
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| Birthname | Théodore Jules Ernest Hamy | ||||
| born on | 22 June 1842 at 00:30 (= 12:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Boulogne, France, 46n4743, 1w1911 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m1w1911 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   00°08'   19°54 Asc. 14°38'
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Biography
French anthropologist, ethnologist and founder and curator of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro as well as creator of the Revue d’ethnographie. He was vice-president (1886) and president (1895) of the Société des traditions populaires, and a founding member of the Société des américanistes (1892).
He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1868. Afterwards, he served as a préparateur under Paul Broca in the laboratory of anthropology at the Ecole pratique des hautes études. In 1872 he became an assistant naturalist at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, where he worked closely with Armand de Quatrefages. In 1892 he was appointed professor of anthropology at the Museum.
He died on 18 November 1908, aged 66, in Paris.
Relationships
- other kin relationship with Hamy, Maurice (born 31 October 1861). Notes: Uncle/ nephew
- (has as) boss relationship with Broca, Paul (born 28 June 1824)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield submitted birth certificate (acte n° 454) from the online Pas-de-Calais archives. Grazia Bordoni's Science database has same data: source not found.
Categories
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive
- Vocation : Humanities+Social Sciences : Ethnologist
- Vocation : Science : Anthropology
