Grafton elliot smith biography

Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian-British anatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view.
Sir Grafton Elliot Smith was an Australian-British anatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory.
Grafton Elliot Smith, anatomist and anthropologist, was the first student to obtain his MD by examination within the Faculty.

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Sir Grafton Elliot Smith / a biographical record by his colleagues ; ed. by Warren R. Dawson

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1787215

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Book

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London : Cape, [1938]
272 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.

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"List of published works of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith": p . [217]-253.

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Other authors/contributors:

Dawson, Warren R. (Warren Royal), 1888-1968

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Mummies, magic and medicine in ancient Egypt

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Grafton Elliot Smith

Anatomist and egyptologist

Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian-Britishanatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory.^[1] He believed in the idea that cultural innovations occur only once and that they spread geographically. Based on this, he traced the origins of many cultural and traditional practices across the world, including the New World, to ideas that he believed came from Egypt and in some instances from Asia. An expert on brain anatomy, he was one of the first to study Egyptian mummies using radiological techniques. He took an interest in extinct humanoids and was embroiled in controversy over the authenticity of the Piltdown Man.

Professional career

Smith was born in Grafton, New South Wales to Stephen Sheldrick Smith who had moved to Australia from London in 1860 and Mary Jane, née Evans. He received his early education from Grafton Public School where his father was headmaster. When the family moved to Sydney in 1883 he went to Darlington Public