Society of Anthropology of Paris

The Society of Anthropology of Paris (Société d’Anthropologie de Paris) is a French learned society for anthropology founded by Paul Broca in 1859. Broca served as the Secrétaire-général of SAP, and in that capacity responded to a letter from James Hunt welcoming the news that Hunt had established the Anthropological Society of London.

Notable members

 * Leopoldo Batres
 * Paul Bert
 * Pruner Bey
 * Adolphe Bloch
 * Paul Broca
 * Louis-Adolphe Bertillon
 * Anténor Firmin
 * Louis Pierre Gratiolet
 * Abel Hovelacque
 * Pierre Huard, professor of medicine, rector of the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny from 1964 to 1966
 * Gustave Lagneau
 * Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900, Russian philosopher)
 * Gustave Le Bon (member from 1879 to 1888)
 * Charles Letourneau, general secretary from 1887 to 1902.
 * Léonce Manouvrier
 * Charles Martin Ploix, president in 1880.
 * Clémence Royer
 * André Sanson
 * Paul Topinard
 * Joseph Deniker