The Greatest 19th Century British Physicians

Birthdate: December 24, 1873

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: London, England

Died: September 19, 1940

Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British physician and ethnologist whose main ethnographic work described the culture of the Vedda people of Sri Lanka and the Shilluk people of the Sudan. He was a proponent of the Hamitic hypothesis and promoted scientific racism through his work. Considered to be a highly influential teacher, Seligman was also a Professor at the London School of Economics.