Frank H. Hankins

Frank H. Hankins
Born(1877-09-27)September 27, 1877
DiedJanuary 23, 1970(1970-01-23) (aged 92)
Alma materColumbia University
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsClark University
ThesisAdolphe Quetelet as Statistician (1908)
Doctoral advisorHenry Ludwell Moore
Doctoral studentsMelvin M. Knight

Frank Hamilton Hankins (September 27, 1877 – January 23, 1970) 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 notions of racial superiority and racial theories such as Aryanism, Gobinism, Celticism, Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism.

In 1933 he was one of signers of the Humanist Manifesto.

He died in New York City on January 23, 1970.