Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
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- Summary
- John Canfield Ewers was an American ethnologist and museum curator. Known for his studies on the art and history of the American Plains Indians, he was described by The New York Times as one of his country's "foremost interpreters of American Indian culture." Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata[5]Library of Congress
- Unknown [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Born
- 1909-07-21 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[4]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Cleveland, Ohio [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Cleveland [4]Wikidata
- Died
- 1997-05-07 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[4]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Arlington, Va. [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Arlington County [4]Wikidata
- Country
- United States [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- ethnologist [4]Wikidata
- Employer
- Smithsonian Institution [4]Wikidata
- National Museum of American History [4]Wikidata
- Educated at
- Dartmouth College [4]Wikidata
- Yale University [4]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [4]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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