Georges Vacher de Lapouge

Georges Vacher de Lapouge
Born(1854-12-12)12 December 1854
Neuville-de-Poitou, Vienne
Died20 February 1936(1936-02-20) (aged 81)
Poitiers, Vienne
NationalityFrench
Known forAnthroposociology
SpouseMarie-Albertine Hindré
ChildrenClaude Vacher de Lapouge

Count Georges Vacher de Lapouge (French: [vaʃe də lapuʒ]; 12 December 1854 – 20 February 1936) was a French anthropologist and a theoretician of eugenics and scientific racism. He is known as the founder of anthroposociology, the anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.

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