Wilhelm Schallmayer

Wilhelm Schallmayer
Born
Friedrich Wilhelm Schallmayer

(1857-02-10)10 February 1857
Mindelheim, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died4 October 1919(1919-10-04) (aged 62)
Krailling, Bavaria, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forEugenics

Friedrich Wilhelm Schallmayer (February 10, 1857 – October 4, 1919) was Germany's first advocate of eugenics who, along with Alfred Ploetz, founded the German eugenics movement. Schallmayer made a lasting impact on the eugenics movement.

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