Up for auction "Forensic Anthropology" Thomas Stewart Signed First Day Cover Dated 1946.
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Thomas Dale Stewart (June 10, 1901 –
October 27, 1997) was a founder of modern forensic anthropology and
a major contributor to most areas of human skeletal biology, paleopathology, and related areas of physical anthropology. Stewart was known to have a more even
temperament than his mentor, Aleš Hrdlička. Stewart began his career in 1927 as an Aid to
Hrdlička in the Division of Physical Anthropology of the United States National
Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.
He advanced to Curator of the Division in 1942 and to Head Curator of the
Department of Anthropology in 1961. In 1963, he was appointed Director of
the National Museum of Natural
History and also served as Acting Assistant Secretary for
Science in 1964. He retired from administration in 1966 to pursue his research
as Senior Anthropologist. Upon his retirement in 1971, he was appointed
Anthropologist Emeritus.