Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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- Summary
- Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled the United States to document and record the dwindling ways of life of various native tribes through photographs and audio recordings. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Born
- 1868-02-16 [2][7]
- Birth Place
- Whitewater, Wis. [2]
- Whitewater [7]
- Died
- 1952-10-19 [2][7]
- Death Place
- Los Angeles, Calif. [2]
- Whittier [7]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3][5]
- Occupation
- Fotogrāfs [5]
- photographer [7]
- anthropologist [7]
- explorer [7]
- film director [7]
- screenwriter [7]
- Work Place
- Seattle, Wash. [2]
- Field of Activity
- Fotogrāfija [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [7]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [7]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [7]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [7]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [7]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Latvia
- 6. National Library of Korea
- 7. Wikidata
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