Madison Grant

Madison Grant was an American lawyer known primarily for his work as a eugenicist and conservationist. As a eugenicist, Grant was responsible for one of the most famous works of scientific racism, and played an active role in crafting strong immigration restriction and antimiscegenation laws in the United States.

Grant was born in New York City, New York to Gabriel Grant, a wellknown physician and American Civil War surgeon, and Caroline Manice. Madison Grants mother was a descendant of Jess de Forest, the Walloon Huguenot who in 1623 recruited the first band of colonists to settle in New Netherland. On his fathers side, Madison Grants first American ancestor was Richard Treat, dean of Pitminster Church in England, who in 1630 was one of the first Puritan settlers of New England. Grants forebears through Treats line include Robert Treat , Robert Treat Paine , Charles Grant and Gabriel Grant , a prominent physician and the health commissioner of Newark. Dr. Gabriel Grant was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as surgeon with the Second New Jersey volunteers in the Civil War. During the Battle of Fair Oaks, he moved the wounded to safety while under heavy fire. Grant was a lifelong resident of New York City.

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