Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942

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Name (Latin)
Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942
Date of birth
1878-08-04
Date of death
1942-01-03
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 100217461
Wikidata: Q15966630
Library of congress: n 50038827
Sources of Information
  • Brit. Mus. Dept. of British & Mediaeval Antig. and Ethnog.Handbook. The ethnographical collections, 1910.
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Wikipedia description:

Thomas Athol Joyce OBE FRAI (4 August 1878 – 3 January 1942) was a British anthropologist. He became an acknowledged expert on American and African Anthropology at the British Museum. He led expeditions to excavate Maya sites in British Honduras. He wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica including "Negro" which was derided in 1915 for its assumption of racial inferiority. He was the President of both the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Anthropological section of the British Association.

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