Redfield, Robert, 1897-

Tepoztlan
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Summary: Robert Redfield was an American anthropologist and ethnolinguist, whose ethnographic work in Tepoztlán, Mexico, is considered a landmark of Latin American ethnography. He was associated with the University of Chicago for his entire career: all of his higher education took place there, and he joined the faculty in 1927 and remained there until his death in 1958, serving as Dean of Social Sciences from 1934 to 1946. Redfield was a co-founder of the University of Chicago Committee on Social Thought alongside other prominent Chicago professors Robert Maynard Hutchins, Frank Knight, and John UIrich Nef. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][6]; Unknown [5]
Born: 1897 [5]; 1897-12-04 [3]
Birth Place: Chicago [3]; Chicago, Ill. [5]
Died: 1958 [5]; 1958-10-16 [3]
Death Place: Chicago [3]; Chicago, Ill. [6]
Country: United States [5]
Language: English [6]
Occupation: anthropologist [3]
Employer: University of Chicago [3]
Educated at: University of Chicago [3]
Country of Education: United States [3]
Archives at: University of Chicago Library [3]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [3]
Yale LUX: Entity [3]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [3]

Sources: 1. Library of Congress; 2. National Library of Korea; 3. Wikidata; 4. VIAF; 5. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 6. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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