Beckwith, Martha Warren, 1871-1959

Hawaiian mythology
Book 1970

Summary: Martha Warren Beckwith was an American folklorist and ethnographer who was the first chair in folklore at any university or college in the U.S. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1871-01-19 [2][5]
Birth Place: Wellesley Heights (Massachusetts, États-Unis) [3]; Massachusetts [5]
Died: 1959-01-28 [2][5]
Death Place: Berkeley (Californie, États-Unis) [3]; Berkeley [5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; historian [5]; ethnographer [5]; university teacher [5]
Employer: Vassar College [5]
Work Place: Poughkeepsie, NY [2]
Educated at: Mount Holyoke College [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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