Ernst Rüdin

Ernst Rüdin (April 19, 1874 - 1952) Swiss-German psychiatrist, geneticist and eugenicist. Rüdin was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is known as one of the fathers of racial hygiene.

References

• "Aufgaben and Ziele der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Rassenhygiene" Archiv Fur Rassen- und Gesellschafts- biologie 28 (1934): pp. 228-29
• "The Science and Politics of Racial Research" by William Tucker. University of Illinois Press, 1994.
• "Psychiatric research and science policy in Germany: the history of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Psychiatrie (German Institute for Psychiatric Research) in Munich from 1917 to 1945)" MM. Weber, 2000
• "Program and practice of psychiatric genetics at the German Research Institute of Psychiatry under Ernst Rudin: on the relationship between science, politics and the concept of race before and after 1993" by V. Roelcke, 2002
• "Racial Hygiene" by Robert Proctor.