Steggerda, Morris, 1900-1950

The food of the present-day Navajo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona
book chapter 1939

Summary: Morris Steggerda was an American physical anthropologist, who served as assistant professor of zoology at Smith College (1928-1930) and professor of anthropology at Hartford Seminary Foundation (1944–1950). Between professorships, Steggerda worked closely with Charles Davenport, a biologist and eugenicist, during his time at the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He worked primarily on Central American and Caribbean Black and native populations. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [2][3][4][1]; Unknown [5]
Born: 1900 [5]; 1900-09-01 [2]
Birth Place: Holland [2]
Died: 1950 [5]; 1950-03-15 [2]
Country: United States [5]
Language: English [1]
Occupation: anthropologist [2]
Employer: Smith College [2]; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory [2]; Hartford Seminary Foundation [2]
Educated at: Hope College [2]; University of Illinois system [2]
Country of Education: United States [2]
Archives at: National Museum of Health and Medicine [2]; National Anthropological Archives [2]; Hartford International University for Religion and Peace [2]
Yale LUX: Entity [2]

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

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