Harold Cummins (1893-1976)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0744]

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0744

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Summary

Harold Cummins (1893-1976) chaired the Department of Microscopic Anatomy, Tulane University, 1933-1945; he has been called the "Father of Dermatoglyphics," the scientific study of the ridge patterns found on human palms, research useful to ethnography and forensic science.

Subject

  • Cummins, Harold 1893-1976
  • Tulane University

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0744

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

  • Dermatoglyphics
  • Anatomy

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Black-and-white photographs

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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0744]

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