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Also Known As	Earnest Albert Hooton
Born	November 20, 1887 • Wisconsin • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died	May 3, 1954 (aged 66) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study	taxonomy • Guanche • Indigenous peoples of the Americas • behavior • crime

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