Guha, B. S. (Biraja Sankar), 1894-1961
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- Summary
- Biraja Sankar Guha was an Indian physical anthropologist, who classified Indian people into races around the early part of the 20th century and he was also a pioneer to popularize his scientific ideas in the vernacular. He was the first Director of the Anthropological Survey of India (ASI) (1945–1954). Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1894 [2]
- 1894-08-15 [4]
- Birth Place
- Shillong (Assam, Inde) [3]
- Shillong [4]
- Died
- 1961 [2]
- 1961-10-20 [4]
- Death Place
- Ghatshila (Bihar, Inde) [3]
- Ghatshila [4]
- Country
- India [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- Employer
- University of Calcutta [4]
- Educated at
- Scottish Church College [4]
- University of Calcutta [4]
- Harvard University [4]
- Country of Education
- India [4]
- United States [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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