Chamberlain, Alexander Francis, 1865-1914
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nf08Report on the Kootenay Indians of south-eastern British Columbia
Report on the Kootenay Indians of south-eastern British Columbiaarticle 1893
- Summary
- Alexander Francis Chamberlain was a Canadian anthropologist, born in England. Under the direction of Franz Boas he received the first Ph.D. granted in anthropology in the United States from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. After graduating, he taught at Clark, eventually becoming full professor in 1911. Under the auspices of the British Association, his area of specialty was the Kootenay Indians. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4][5]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1865 [2]
- 1865-01-12 [5]
- Birth Place
- Kenninghall (Royaume-Uni) [3]
- Kenninghall [5]
- Died
- 1914 [2]
- 1914-04-08 [5]
- Death Place
- Worcester, Mass. [3]
- Worcester [5]
- Country
- Great Britain [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- Profession
- Anthropologe [2]
- Employer
- Clark University [5]
- Educated at
- University of Toronto [5]
- Clark University [5]
- Peterborough Collegiate [5]
- Country of Education
- United States [5]
- Canada [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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