Nationality American Influenced by Ales Hrdlicka Role Anthropologist | Name Thomas Stewart Influences Ales Hrdlicka | |
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Born June 10, 1901Delta, Pennsylvania, U.S ( 1901-06-10 ) Fields Forensic anthropology, Biological anthropology Books Smithsonian Institution Bureau of, Description of the Skeletal, Anthropometric Observations on the Es, Archaeological Remains in the White, Essentials of Forensic Anthropol | ||
Institution Smithsonian Institution | ||
Thomas Dale Stewart (June 10, 1901 – October 27, 1997) was a founder of modern forensic anthropology and a major contributor to most areas of human skeletal biology, paleopathology, and related areas of physical anthropology. Stewart was known to have a more even temperament than his mentor, Aleš Hrdlička. Stewart began his career in 1927 as an Aid to Hrdlička in the Division of Physical Anthropology of the United States National Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. He advanced to Curator of the Division in 1942 and to Head Curator of the Department of Anthropology in 1961. In 1963, he was appointed Director of the National Museum of Natural History and also served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Science in 1964. He retired from administration in 1966 to pursue his research as Senior Anthropologist. Upon his retirement in 1971, he was appointed Anthropologist Emeritus.