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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 4482485, member: 77639"]I finally watched the video and didn't find contradictions with what I had posted. I surmised that Sheldon had sufficient wealth to collect coins legally based on his degrees and institutional affiliations ... but it was an assumption. At one point, Sheldon apparently had a good collection of antiques, which he sold to support his research. In addition to any direct university salary or salary from institutional grants, he had private benefactors who supported his work. I have no idea what kind of estate was left at his death. As he aged, Sheldon's wealth came partly from stealing coins and then trading and selling the purloined coins. So it's hard to say how many he could have acquired legally and how big his estate would have been if he hadn't been a thief. </p><p><br /></p><p>He wasn't an academic pariah until later in his career when it became clear that constitutional psychology had no real scientific basis and that his research techniques were very flawed. Early on, he was applauded by leading psychologists and sociologists and others. He received praise in print from such notables as Karl Jung and Aldous Huxley.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Kleeborg certainly has my respect as a numismatic writer. He has an extensive list of numismatic publications. He was one of the lawyers who was involved in ANS's successful lawsuit to reclaim most of coins stolen by Sheldon. However, I don't know what his sources are relating to Sheldon's early academic status or his wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Patricia Vertinsky wrote an interesting article in 2007 in the Canadian Bulletin Of Medical History about Sheldon and his chief assistant, Barbara Honeyman. The article has detailed information on both of them. They eventually parted ways on unfriendly terms. She went on to have a successful career in somatotyping. In addition to being a thief, scientific fraud, and taking nude photos of young people under false pretenses, Sheldon apparently was quite a racist as well. The article can be accessed at <a href="https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.24.2.291" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.24.2.291" rel="nofollow">https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.24.2.291</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 4482485, member: 77639"]I finally watched the video and didn't find contradictions with what I had posted. I surmised that Sheldon had sufficient wealth to collect coins legally based on his degrees and institutional affiliations ... but it was an assumption. At one point, Sheldon apparently had a good collection of antiques, which he sold to support his research. In addition to any direct university salary or salary from institutional grants, he had private benefactors who supported his work. I have no idea what kind of estate was left at his death. As he aged, Sheldon's wealth came partly from stealing coins and then trading and selling the purloined coins. So it's hard to say how many he could have acquired legally and how big his estate would have been if he hadn't been a thief. He wasn't an academic pariah until later in his career when it became clear that constitutional psychology had no real scientific basis and that his research techniques were very flawed. Early on, he was applauded by leading psychologists and sociologists and others. He received praise in print from such notables as Karl Jung and Aldous Huxley. Dr. Kleeborg certainly has my respect as a numismatic writer. He has an extensive list of numismatic publications. He was one of the lawyers who was involved in ANS's successful lawsuit to reclaim most of coins stolen by Sheldon. However, I don't know what his sources are relating to Sheldon's early academic status or his wealth. Patricia Vertinsky wrote an interesting article in 2007 in the Canadian Bulletin Of Medical History about Sheldon and his chief assistant, Barbara Honeyman. The article has detailed information on both of them. They eventually parted ways on unfriendly terms. She went on to have a successful career in somatotyping. In addition to being a thief, scientific fraud, and taking nude photos of young people under false pretenses, Sheldon apparently was quite a racist as well. The article can be accessed at [URL]https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.24.2.291[/URL] . Cal[/QUOTE]
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