Cobb, William Montague (12 October 1904–20 November 1990), physical anthropologist and anatomist, was born in Washington, D.C., the son of William Elmer Cobb, a printer, and Alexzine Montague. Experiencing racial segregation in education, he graduated in 1921 from Dunbar High School, an elite college-preparatory school for African Americans. Cobb attended Amherst College, where he pursued a classical education in arts and sciences, graduating in 1925. After graduation he received a Blodgett Scholarship to study biology at Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory in Massachusetts. There he met Howard University biologist ...
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Cobb, William Montague (1904-1990), physical anthropologist and anatomist
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Todd, Thomas Wingate (1885-1938), anatomist and physical anthropologist
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Todd, Thomas Wingate (15 January 1885–28 December 1938), anatomist and physical anthropologist, was born in Sheffield, England, the son of the Reverend James Todd, a Methodist minister, and Katherine Wingate. Todd graduated from Owens College of the Victoria University of Manchester in 1907 with the highest honors, receiving the degrees of Ch.B. (bachelor of surgery) and M.B. (bachelor of medicine, corresponding to the American M.D.)....
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Wyman, Jeffries (1814-1874), comparative anatomist, naturalist, and anthropologist
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Wyman, Jeffries (11 August 1814–04 September 1874), comparative anatomist, naturalist, and anthropologist, was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the son of Rufus Wyman, a physician, and Ann Morrill. He was named after the Boston physician James Jeffries, preceptor in medicine to Wyman’s father. Wyman’s family moved to Somerville, Massachusetts, when his father, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, was appointed physician of the McLean Asylum for the Insane. Wyman exhibited a childhood interest in dissection and sketching, two skills in which he later excelled....
