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Alfred Ploetz
Alfred Ploetz | |
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| Born | 22 August 1860 Swinemünde, Prussia (now Świnoujście, Poland) |
| Died | 20 March 1940 (aged 79) Herrsching, Bavaria, Germany |
| Education | Breslau (now Wrocław), Zürich |
| Known for | Theory of racial hygiene: Grundlinien einer Rassenhygiene |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Rüdin, Anita Nordenholz |
| Partner | Agnes Bluhm |
| Children | Three with second wife |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Eugenics, genetics, medicine |
Alfred Ploetz (22 August 1860 – 20 March 1940) was a German physician, biologist, Social Darwinist, and eugenicist known for coining the term racial hygiene (Rassenhygiene),[1] a form of eugenics, and for promoting the concept in Germany.[2]: 28
- ^ Bashford, Alison; Levine, Phillipa, eds. (2010). "Eugenics and the Modern World". The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics. Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0199945054. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Lerner, Richard M. (1992). Final Solutions: Biology, Prejudice, and Genocide. Penn State University Press. ISBN 9780271007939.
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