What is Arthur de Gobineau?
[[File:Arthur de Gobineau.jpg|thumb|right|Arthur de Gobineau]] [[File:Gobineau a.png|thumb|right|Arthur de Gobineau]] '''Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau''' ([[July 14]], [[1816]] — [[October 13]], [[1882]]) was a [[French people|French]] [[aristocrat]]. He was well educated, and wrote many things. He became famous for developing the [[racialist]] theory of the [[Aryan]] [[Master race]] in his book ''An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races'' ([[1853]]-[[1855]]). {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gobineau, Arthur de}} [[Category:1816 births]] [[Category:1882 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Île-de-France]] [[Category:People from Hauts-de-Seine]]