Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960

The Navaho
book chapter 1946

Summary: Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn, was an American anthropologist and social theorist, best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and his contributions to the development of theory of culture within American anthropology. During his lifetime, Kluckhohn was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1944), the United States National Academy of Sciences (1952), and the American Philosophical Society (1952). Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Born: 1905-01-11 [2][5]
Birth Place: LeMars, Iowa [3]; Le Mars [5]
Died: 1960-07-28 [2][5]
Death Place: Santa Fe, NM [2]; Santa Fe [5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; sociologist [5]
Employer: Harvard University [5]; University of New Mexico [5]
Educated at: Corpus Christi College [5]; University of Vienna [5]; Princeton University [5]; Harvard University [5]; University of Wisconsin–Madison [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]; United Kingdom [5]; Austria [5]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
Oxford Reference: Overview [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; 6. Library of Congress

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