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Ernest-Théodore Hamy (22 June 1842,Boulogne-sur-Mer – 18 November 1908,Paris) was a Frenchanthropologist andethnologist.
He studied medicine inParis, earning his doctorate in 1868. Afterwards, he served as apréparateur underPaul Broca in the laboratory of anthropology at theEcole pratique des hautes études. In 1872 he became an assistant naturalist at theMuséum national d'histoire naturelle, where he worked closely withArmand de Quatrefages.[1] He was elected an International Member of theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1891.[2] In 1892 he was appointed professor of anthropology at the Museum.[3]
He was founder and curator of theMusée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro as well as creator of theRevue d’ethnographie. He was vice-president (1886) and president (1895) of theSociété des traditions populaires [fr],[3] and a founding member of theSociété des américanistes (1892).[1] Also, he was a member of theSociété d’Anthropologie de Paris and theSociété de géographie.[3]
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