anthropologist

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An educated and dignified man. Excellent portrait.

Raymond Firth (1901-2002), New Zealand-born ethnologist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Firth

Date 7?/10/13 in mirror writing, top right. Not much about him on wiki. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Bonaparte

Some information is at diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?id=ark:/88435/7h149p89n "Prince Roland Bonaparte was a grand nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. He had no royal aspirations; instead he turned to study science, geography, geology, botany, ethnology, and anthropology. He focused on the documentation of physical characteristics, in particular the shape and dimension of the skull as a way to established relations between the human races. He perceived photography as a scientific tool for preserving data from his expeditions, and used it to document the American Indians, Surinamese, Hottentots, and other ethnic groups. Bonaparte was president of the "Société de géographie" (France) from 1910 till his death, and was also a member, then president, of the "Académie des sciences" (France)." He may have been in the news in summer 1913 because, according to query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E6D71F3AE633A... he was a host of a banquet in Paris for Admiral Peary.

This photo ran in The Sunday Oregonian, July 27, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Image 61 with the caption: "Prince Roland Bonaparte, pretender to the throne of France, has announced himself a candidate for the throne of Albania if that country becomes an independent state. He seems to be about the only person who wants it of those mentioned up to date. Even Theodore Roosevett has not looked with a favoring eye on the proposal of his name for the place." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1913-07-27/ed-1/se...

I loved the photo, ok cool! Real! Congratulations