Norris Forsythe

Norris Forsythe (1865 - 1907) was an American Eugenics supporter and a former scientist from Lemonye. Raised by old-money Confederate loyalists Norris Forsythe, his parents ousted for him to acquire a scholarship from Templar Loyalists to study human genetics and biology at the University of Saint Denis. Norris Forsythe left the University with a large reputation among biologists. He was then inducted in to the Templar Order, in the late 1880s he started making racist claims publicly and within the Order. Norris Forsythe's racist beliefs were influenced by his father's death, Forsythe had an outburst when he was called upon the higher ranks to present his research to the order. Upon seeing an African-American member of the order. Forsythe blew into an outrage, rambling about eugenics with racist claims filled with white supremacy. The Grand Master of the Order called for his removal from the Order which was successful.