Frederick Henry Osborn | |
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| Born | March 21, 1889 New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1981 (aged 91) New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1940–1944 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Other work | philanthropist |
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Major General Frederick Henry Osborn CBE (March 21, 1889 – January 5, 1981) was an American philanthropist, military leader, and eugenicist. He was a founder of several organizations and played a central part in reorienting eugenics in away from overt racism in the years leading up to World War II.[1] The American Philosophical Society considers him to have been "the respectable face of eugenic research in the post-war period."[2] Osborn was the nephew of the paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn.
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- ^ "APS, 1983". Archived from the original on September 28, 2005.