Earnest Hooton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Earnest Hooton

American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1887

Place of Birth: Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 03-May-1954

Profession: writer, author, university teacher, archaeologist, anthropologist, criminologist, prehistorian, paleoanthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Earnest Albert Hooton (November 20, 1887 – May 3, 1954) was an American physical anthropologist known for his work on racial classification and his popular writings such as the book Up From The Ape.
Hooton sat on the Committee on the Negro, a group that "focused on the anatomy of blacks and reflected the racism of the time."