Georges Vacher de Lapouge

Georges Vacher de Lapouge
Born	(1854-12-12)12 December 1854 Neuville-de-Poitou, Vienne
Died	20 February 1936(1936-02-20) (aged 81) Poitiers, Vienne
Nationality	French
Known for	Anthroposociology
Spouse	Marie-Albertine Hindré
Children	Claude Vacher de Lapouge

Count Georges Vacher de Lapouge (French: [vaʃe də lapuʒ]; 12 December 1854 – 20 February 1936) was a French anthropologist and a theoretician of eugenics and scientific racism. He is known as the founder of anthroposociology, the anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.