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Grafton Elliot Smith

Grafton Elliot Smith
Grafton Elliot Smith
Lahir(1871-08-15)15 Agustus 1871
Grafton, New South Wales
Meninggal1 Januari 1937(1937-01-01) (umur 65)
Broadstairs, Kent, Inggris
Tempat tinggalBritania Raya
KebangsaanAustralia
AlmamaterUniversitas Sydney, Universitas Cambridge
Orang tuaStephen Sheldrick Smith
Mary Jane Smith, née Evans
PenghargaanRoyal Medal (1912)
Fellow of the Royal Society
Karier ilmiah
BidangAnatomi
Arkeologi

Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, FRS[1] HFRSE FRCP (15 Agustus 1871 – 1 Januari 1937) adalah seorang pakar anatomi Egiptologi dan pencetus pandangan hiperdifusionis prasejarah Australia-Britania Raya. Ia meyakini gagasan bahwa inovasi-inovasi budaya hanya terjadi sekali dan bahwa mereka menyebar secara geografis.

Daftar pustaka

Hathor (fig. 18 in The Evolution of the Dragon)

Warren Dawson's list of Smith's publications includes 434 publications. Among the most important are:

  • The Natural Subdivision of the Cerebral Hemisphere (1901).
  • The Primary Subdivisions of the Mammalian Cerebellum (1902).
  • The Ancient Egyptians and the origin of Civilization (London/New York, Harper & Brother 1911).
  • Catalogue of the Royal Mummies in the Museum of Cairo (Cairo 1912).
  • The Migrations of Early Culture (1915)
  • On the Significance of the geographical distribution of Mummification – a study of the migrations of peoples and the spread of certain customs and beliefs (1916).
  • The Evolution of the Dragon (1919)
  • (with T. H. Pear) Shell Shock and its Lessons (1917, 2nd edition)
  • Tutankhamen and the Discovery of his Tomb (1923)
  • Evolution of Man: Essays (1924, 2nd edition 1927)
  • Human History (1930)
  • The Diffusion of Culture (London, Watts 1933)
  • Elephants and Ethnologists (1924)
  • Serle, Percival (1949). "Smith, Grafton Elliot". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 
  • A. P. Elkin/N. W. G. Macintosh, Grafton Elliot Smith, The Man and his Work (Sydney University Press 1974)
  • W. R. Dawson, Sir Grafton Elliot Smith: a Biographical Record by his Colleagues (London, Cape 1938)

Referensi

  1. ^ a b Wilson, J. T. (1938). "Sir Grafton Elliot Smith. 1871-1937". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (6): 322–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1938.0014. JSTOR 769069. 

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Jabatan akademik
Didahului oleh:
J. B. S. Haldane 		Fullerian Professor of Physiology
1933–1935 		Diteruskan oleh:
Edward Mellanby
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