Shternberg, Lev IAkovlevich, 1861-1927

Contributed to

The Gilyak, Orochi, Goldi, Negidal, Ainu
book chapter 1933

Summary: Lev (Chaim-Leib) Yakovlevich Sternberg was a Russian and Soviet ethnographer of Jewish origin who from 1889 to 1897 studied the Nivkhs (Gilyaks), Oroks, and Ainu on Sakhalin and in Siberia for the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [2][3][4]; Unknown [1]
Born: 1861-05-04 [1]
Birth Place: Zhytomyr [3]
Died: 1927-08-14 [1]
Death Place: Duderhof [3]
Country: Ukraine [1]; Russia (Federation) [1]
Language: Russian [2]
Occupation: ethnographer [3]; politician [3]
Profession: Ethnologe [1]
Employer: Kunstkamera [3]
Educated at: Odesa University [3]
Country of Education: Ukraine [3]

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

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