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Sir Arthur Keith

(1866-1955), Museum curator and palaeoanthropologist

Sitter in 10 portraits
Anatomist and anthropologist; Professor of Physiology, Royal Institution (1918-23); claimed a greater antiquity for Homo Sapiens than had been generally accepted; and was involved in the controversy over the Piltdown Man skull.

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Sir Arthur Keith, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x156353

Sir Arthur Keith

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 31 May 1939
NPG x156353

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Sir Arthur Keith

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67633

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Sir Arthur Keith

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67634

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Sir Arthur Keith

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 31 May 1939
NPG x156354

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Sir Arthur Keith

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 31 May 1939
NPG x156355

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Sir Arthur Keith

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 31 May 1939
NPG x156356

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