Harry L. Shapiro
Encyclopedia
Harry Lionel Shapiro was an American author
, eugenicist, and Professor
of Anthropology
.
While he was a senior at Harvard he was awarded a graduate fellowship from Yale
in 1923 to pursue a genetic study of the descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty
.
After completing his graduate work in 1926 he went to work at the American Museum of Natural History
in New York
, and while there conducted a few field trips.
Dr. Shapiro was married in 1938, and he taught at Columbia University
from 1938 to 1973.
He was president of the American Eugenics Society
from 1956-63.
Author
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, eugenicist, and Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
.
Biography
Shapiro was born in to a Jewish family and was educated in Boston, Massachusetts.While he was a senior at Harvard he was awarded a graduate fellowship from Yale
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in 1923 to pursue a genetic study of the descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty
HMS Bounty
HMS Bounty , famous as the scene of the Mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, was originally a three-masted cargo ship, the Bethia, purchased by the British Admiralty, then modified and commissioned as His Majesty's Armed Vessel the...
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After completing his graduate work in 1926 he went to work at the American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
in New York
New York
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, and while there conducted a few field trips.
Dr. Shapiro was married in 1938, and he taught at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
from 1938 to 1973.
He was president of the American Eugenics Society
American Eugenics Society
The American Eugenics Society was a society established in 1922 to promote eugenics in the United States.It was the result of the Second International Conference on Eugenics . The founders included Madison Grant, Harry H. Laughlin, Irving Fisher, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Henry Crampton...
from 1956-63.