Robert Bennett Bean

1874–1944 (age 70)

Anatomist/Anthropologist

Biography

Robert Bennett Bean (1874-1944) was an anatomist and anthropologist whose scholarly curiosity expanded the understanding of human variation at a time when the sciences of anatomy and anthropology were rapidly evolving.

His colleagues and students at the University of Virginia remember him for his precise observations and the thoughtful way he guided emerging scholars, a legacy cherished beside his resting place in the University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium.

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