Eugène Pittard

He had a small collection consisting of fossils, bones and coins, which he hoped to some day submit to Carl Vogt.

His work and findings in these areas of study, and their subsequent publication, catapulted him to the higher echelons of the anthropological sphere.

A seminal anthropologist, his biggest contribution to anthropology is regarded as the perspective he expounded of studying humans in their entirety, as more than biological creatures.

He also stated that the anthropometric approach and that of race as fundamental basis of research were useless in studying and describing human beings.

At any time, he was an honorary member of or corresponding to a multitude of scientific societies in Paris, Stockholm, Rome, Berlin and London.

His youth and early days as a researcher were spent in penury, always lacking funds to pursue his scholarly interests.