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Alfred Ploetz

Alfred Ploetz

German physician and biologist
Alfred Ploetz was a German physician, biologist, Social Darwinist, and eugenicist known for coining the term racial hygiene, a form of eugenics, and for promoting the concept in Germany. Wikipedia
Born: August 22, 1860, Świnoujście, Poland
Died: March 20, 1940 (age 79 years), Herrsching, Germany
Organization founded: German Society for Racial Hygiene
Spouse: Pauline Rüdin (m. 1890–1898)