Edwards, Guillaume Frederic, 1777-1842

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Dates

Existence: 1777 - 1842

Biography

William Frédéric Edwards (1777–1842) was a French physiologist, of Jamaican background, who was also a pioneer anthropologist. He has been called "the father of ethnology in France".[1] He is remembered largely for his principle of the permanency of physical "types." He was also a leader in the new science of "linguistique" and proposed a new branch of comparative philology based on pronunciation.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Thomas Hodgkin letter

Collection

Identifier: Mss 839566

Webster Mss 839566

Date(s): 1839-10-16

Abstract

In English.