Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt

Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt (Egon Rudolf Ernst Adolf Hans Dubslaff Freiherr von Eickstedt) (April 10, 1892 – December 20, 1965) was a German physical anthropologist who classified humanity into races. His study in the classification of human races made him one of the leading racial theorists of Nazi Germany.

Early life
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt was born on April 10, 1892, in Jersitz, Province of Posen.

Career
Von Eickstedt was an anthropologist. He was the author of Rassenkunde und Rassengeschichte der Menschheit (Ethnology and the Race History of Mankind).

From 1935 to 1944, he was the editor of Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde, a German journal of racial studies, with co-editors including Hans F. K. Günther.

After the World War II, in 1949, Eickstedt established a journal Homo. Internationale Zeitschrift für die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen as the successor of the Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde.

Death
He died on December 20, 1965.