Ernest Hamy
Ernest Théodore Hamy , also Théodore Jules Ernest Hamy , (born June 22, 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer , † November 18, 1908 in Paris ), was a French anthropologist and ethnologist .
anthropologist
After obtaining his doctorate in medicine in Paris in 1868, he became increasingly interested in anthropology and in 1872 became an employee of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle . In 1892 he was appointed to the chair of anthropology there. His participation in the anthropological description of the Cro-Magnon man (1877) was significant .
Ethnologist
Parallel to his interest in anthropology, he was one of the founders of ethnology in France. At the world exhibition in 1867 he participated in the organization of ethnological exhibits from Egypt. In 1878, Parliament decided to found the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro (today: Musée de l'Homme ) in Paris , which he had also suggested . Hamy ran the museum from its founding in 1880 until the end of his life.
Works
- Précis de paleontologie humaine (1870)
- Crania Ethnica with A. de Quatrefages (2 volumes, 100 plates, 1875–82)
- Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages & Ernest Hamy: L'Espèce humaine (1877)
- Les Origines du musée d'ethnographie (1890)
Web links
- Obituaries in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes , Volume 5, No. 5, 1908, pp. 140 ff. (French)
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| SURNAME | Hamy, Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamy, Théodore Jules Ernest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French anthropologist and ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1908 |
| Place of death | Paris |