Grant, Madison, 1865-1937
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- New Yorker, Aug. 26, 2019:page 36, in an article entitled, Old hatreds (the "better" Madison Grant helped found the conservation movement in America and headed the commission that built the Bronx River Parkway; like a character in a comic book who harbors an inner arch-villain with a plan to destroy the universe, Grant had another side. Just as he feared that certain species of native wildlife would go extinct, he feared that the same would happen to a precious (and largely imaginary) kind of white person. To address this potential disaster, in 1916 he published what remains his best-known book, "The Passing of the Great Race; or, the Racial Basis of European History"; it became one of the most famous racist books ever written; Grant took pride in the Nazis' use of his book, was also a director of the American Eugenics Society, [and] thought "worthless" individuals should be sterilized)
- OCLC, 11/13/97(hdg.: Grant, Madison, 1865-1937; usage: Madison Grant)
- The conquest of a continent, 1977:t.p. (Madison Grant, Pres., New York Zoological Society; author, "Passing of the great race")
- Madison Grant; born November 19, 1865 in New York, N.Y., died May 30, 1937 in New York, N.Y.; American lawyer, writer, and zoologist known primarily for his work as a eugenicist/racist and conservationist as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the Progressive Era; as a eugenicist/racist, Grant was responsible for one of the most notorious works of scientific racism, and played an active role in crafting strong immigration restriction and anti-miscegenation laws in the United States; As a conservationist, Grant is credited with the saving of many different species of animals, founding many different environmental and philanthropic organizations and developing much of the discipline of wildlife management ( (Wikipedia, 25 August, 2019) )
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Madison Grant (November 19, 1865 – May 30, 1937) was an American lawyer, zoologist, anthropologist, and writer known for his work as a conservationist, eugenicist, and as an advocate of scientific racism. Grant is less noted for his far-reaching achievements in conservation than for his pseudoscientific advocacy of Nordicism, a form of racism which views the "Nordic race" as superior. As a white supremacist eugenicist, Grant was the author of The Passing of the Great Race (1916), one of the most famous racist texts, a book Adolf Hitler referred to as his personal Bible. Grant also played an active role in crafting immigration restriction and anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. As a conservationist, he is credited with the saving of species including the American bison, helped create the Bronx Zoo, Glacier National Park, and Denali National Park, and co-founded the Save the Redwoods League. Grant developed much of the discipline of wildlife management.
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