Métraux, Alfred, 1902-1963

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Summary: Alfred Métraux was a Swiss and Argentine anthropologist, ethnologist and human rights leader. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1902-11-05 [2][4]
Birth Place: Lausanne [2][4]
Died: 1963-04-12 [2]; 1963-04-11 [4]
Death Place: Paris [2][4]; Chevreuse [4]
Country: Switzerland [2]; United States [2]
Language: French [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]; university teacher [4]; ethnologist [4]
Employer: École pratique des hautes études [4]
Work Place: Washington, DC [2]
Educated at: Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales [4]; École des chartes [4]; École pratique des hautes études [4]
Country of Education: France [4]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [4]
Yale LUX: Entity [4]

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

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