Société Ethnologique de Paris
The Société Ethnologique de Paris was a French learned society set up by
The effective manifesto of the Société was Des charactères physiologiques des races humaines considérés dans leurs rapports avec l'histoire, a pamphlet of Edwards from a decade earlier.[3][4] The group brought together by Edwards included linguists and geographers. The aim was to study human variability, and draw racially based conclusions.[5] Edwards was the first President, with Imbert des Mottelettes as Secretary,[6] but he died in 1842 and was replaced by the vicomte de Santarém.[7] Franciszek Duchiński was a vice-president.[8]
The Société was active for some years towards the end of the July Monarchy, but then political involvements told against it.[9] Publications appeared to 1847.
The membership of the Société included significant
Notes
- ^ Scholarly Societies Project, Data for Societies founded 1810 to 1839 Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0-470-76621-7. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-7297-0701-9. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ William Frédéric Edwards (1829). Des caractères physiologiques des races humaines considérés dans leur rapports avec l'histoire; lettre à A. Thierry. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-7735-7124-2. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Société ethnologique, Paris (1841). Mémoires de la Société ethnologique. Mme. ve. Dondey Dupré. p. 16. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-7735-2580-1. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- OCLC 739094762.
- ISBN 978-0-299-11254-7. Retrieved 28 May 2012.