Firmin, Joseph-Anténor, 1850-1911

LC control no.	n 88651667
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Firmin, Joseph-Anténor, 1850-1911 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Firmin, Anténor, 1850-1911 Firmin, A. (Anténor), 1850-1911
Associated country	Haiti
Birth date	1850-10-18
Death date	1911-09-19
Place of birth	Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)
Place of death	Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island)
Field of activity	Anthropology
Affiliation	American Academy of Political and Social Science
Profession or occupation	Anthropologists Politicians Diplomats Lawyers Essayists Editors
Found in	nuc87-121168: His De l'égalité des races humains, 1985 (hdg. on CLU rept.: Firmin, Anténor, 1850-1911; usage: A. Firmin) LC data base, 7/26/88 (hdg.: Firmin, Anténor, 1850-1911; usage: Anténor Firmin; A. Firmin; Joseph-Anténor Firmin) Wikipedia, Sept. 15, 2014 (Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin (18 Oct. 1850, Cap-Haïtien - 19 September 1911, Saint Thomas), better known as Anténor Firmin; Haitian anthropologist, journalist and politician; Firmin pioneered the integration of race and physical anthropology and may be the first black anthropologist) The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Firmin, Joseph Antenor; essayist, government official (foreign), diplomat, lawyer; born 1850 in Cape-Haitien, Haiti; became a cabinet minister under President Florvil Hyppolite (1889); as foreign minister worked with Frederick Douglass to foil the U.S. bid to acquire the Mole St. Nicholas as a deepwater harbor; later served in a diplomatic post in Paris; had to live in exile after he lost a presidential bid; member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; edited the Messager du Nord, which became the newspaper of the liberal party; died 19 September 1911 in Saint Thomas)
Associated language	fre