1816 CE: COUNT ARTHUR DE GOBINEAU

–French ‘aristocrat’ develops Aryan theories

Radical author, he upheld the credo of purity of race. In his book The Inequality of Human Races Gobineau “proved” that only the white or “Aryan” race was capable of preserving civilization. His works inspired Alfred Rosenberg (Nazi theorist).
– Eli Birnbaum