Otto Ammon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Ammon

German anthropologist

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1842

Place of Birth: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1916

Profession: sociologist, anthropologist, racial theorist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Otto Georg Ammon (December 7, 1842 in Karlsruhe, Baden – January 14, 1916 in Karlsruhe) was a German anthropologist.
Ammon was an engineer from 1863 to 1868.
In 1883 he led a geographical and geological exploration of Roman roads.
In 1887 he conducted anthropological research and from 1887 onwards he was a member of the Ancient Karlsruher Association and the Natural Science Association.
In 1904 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Freiburg.
He is best known for "Natural Selection among Humans" (1883), in which he argued that a significantly higher proportion of persons of Germanic ancestry are to be found within the European aristocracies.