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Ashley Montagu Anthropologist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Jun 28, 1905
  • Died: Nov 26, 1999

Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu was a British-American anthropologist who popularized topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development. He was the rapporteur, in 1950, for the UNESCO statement The Race Question. As a young man he changed his name to "Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu". After relocating to the United States he used the name "Ashley Montagu". Montagu, who became a naturalized American citizen in 1940, taught and lectured at Harvard, Princeton University, Rutgers University, the University of California, and New York University. He authored over sixty books throughout this lifetime. In 1995, the American Humanist Association named him the Humanist of the Year.

The idea is to die young as late as possible. death

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. science

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. happiness

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone. being alone & family

The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality. women

The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease. health & science

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

28 other wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other quotes from Dave Barry

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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

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