Frank Hamilton Hankins (September 27, 1877 – January 24, 1970) was an American sociologist and

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

who was the president of the

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in 1938. He wrote the book ''The Racial Basis of Civilization'' (1926) which was critical of racial theories such as

Aryanism Aryanism is an ideology of racial supremacy which views the supposed Aryan race as a distinct and superior racial group which is entitled to rule the rest of humanity. Initially promoted by racist theorists such as Arthur de Gobineau and Houst ...

Gobinism The French aristocrat Arthur de Gobineau developed a set of ideas that were influential during his life and some of them that impacted later social thinkers, such politicians, anthropologists, and sociologists. While still alive, he was a major in ...

, Celticism,

Anglo-Saxonism 19th-century Anglo-Saxonism, or racial Anglo-Saxonism, was a racial belief system developed by British and American intellectuals, politicians and academics in the 19th century. Racialized Anglo-Saxonism contained both competing and intersecting do ...

and

Nordicism Nordicism is an ideology of racism which views the historical race concept of the "Nordic race" as an endangered and superior racial group. Some notable and seminal Nordicist works include Madison Grant's book ''The Passing of the Great Race'' ...

. In 1933 he was one of signers of the

Humanist Manifesto ''Humanist Manifesto'' is the title of three manifestos laying out a humanist worldview. They are the original ''Humanist Manifesto'' (1933, often referred to as Humanist Manifesto I), the ''Humanist Manifesto II'' (1973), and ''Humanism and It ...

Works

''Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician''
(1908) * ''The Racial Basis of Civilization: A Critique of the Nordic Doctrine'' (1926) * ''An Introduction to the Study of Society: An Outline of Primary Factors and Fundamental Institutions'' (1928) * ''Reminiscences of Frank Hamilton Hankins'' (1968)

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* 1877 births 1970 deaths American sociologists People from Van Wert County, Ohio Columbia University alumni Clark University faculty {{anthropologist-stub