Goodwin, Grenville, 1907-1940

Contributed to

A comparison of Navaho and White Mountain Apache ceremonial forms and categories
book chapter 1945

Summary: Grenville Goodwin, born Greenville Goodwin (1907–1940), is best known for his participant-observer ethnology work among the Western Apache in the 1930s in the American Southwest. Largely self-taught as an anthropologist, he lived among the Apache for nearly a decade, and learned their stories and rituals. His monograph The Social Organization of the Western Apache was considered a major contribution to American ethnology. It was published in 1941 after his death at age 32, when his promising career was cut short. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1907 [2][4]
Birth Place: Southampton, N.Y. [3]
Died: 1940 [2][4]
Death Place: Los Angeles, Calif. [3]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]; archaeologist [4]
Educated at: University of Arizona [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]

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

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