Charles Haskell Danforth (30 November 1883 – 10 January 1969) was an American anatomist and professor at Stanford University.
An uncle, Frank Danforth passed on a copy of Darwin's Animals and Plants under Domestication to him at the age of twelve.
When he wrote to Professor Verrill seeking advice about becoming a naturalist, he received the response that he should not "unless you can't help it."
He then moved to Washington University in St. Louis where he received a PhD in 1912 for his work on the comparative anatomy of Polyodon.
[6][7] At the end of World War II, Danforth examined the morphometrics of 104 thousand soldiers discharged from the American army, which has been used to compare physical stature changes over time.