Society of Anthropology of Paris

The Society of Anthropology of Paris (French: Société d’Anthropologie de Paris) is a French learned society for anthropology founded by Paul Broca in 1859.^[1] 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.^[2]
• Clémence Royer
• André Sanson
• Paul Topinard
• Joseph Deniker