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Dr Paul Topinard

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Dr Paul Topinard

Birth
L'Isle-Adam, Departement du Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
Death
20 Dec 1911 (aged 81)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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He was a French physician and anthropologist who was a student of Paul Broca and whose views influenced the methodology adopted by Herbert Hope Risley in his ethnographic surveys of the people of India.[3] He became director of the École d'Anthropologie and secretary-general of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, both in succession to Broca.
He was a French physician and anthropologist who was a student of Paul Broca and whose views influenced the methodology adopted by Herbert Hope Risley in his ethnographic surveys of the people of India.[3] He became director of the École d'Anthropologie and secretary-general of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, both in succession to Broca.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191601664/paul-topinard: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Paul Topinard (4 Nov 1830–20 Dec 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191601664, citing Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by letemrip (contributor 49084452).