Gustav Klemm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustav Klemm

German anthropologist

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1802

Place of Birth: Chemnitz, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1867

Profession: librarian, anthropologist, cultural historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gustav Friedrich Klemm (12 November 1802, in Chemnitz – 26 August 1867, in Dresden) was a German anthropologist and librarian.
He spent much of his career as the Director of the Royal Library in Dresden.
The British Museum purchased his large collection of central European prehistoric antiquities in 1868.Klemm's 10-volume cultural history divided humanity into 'active' races (at the pinnacle of which were Germanic stock) and 'passive' races (Mongoloids, Negroids, Egyptians, Finns and Hindus).