Koch-Grünberg, Theodor, 1872-1924
- Summary
- Theodor Koch-Grünberg was a German ethnologist and explorer who travelled and studied the Indigenous peoples in South America, in particular the Pemon of Venezuela and other indigenous peoples in the Amazon region extending South-Western Brazil and a large part of the Vaupés region in Colombia. The 2015 film El abrazo de la serpiente fictionalizes his illness and final days based on his journals. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Born
- 1872-04-09 [2][6]
- Birth Place
- Grünberg (Landkreis Gießen) [2]
- Grünberg [6]
- Died
- 1924-10-08 [2][6]
- Death Place
- Rio Branco (Brésil) [3]
- Brazil [6]
- Country
- Germany [2]
- Brazil [2]
- Language
- German [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [6]
- university teacher [6]
- explorer [6]
- ethnologist [6]
- traveler [6]
- film producer [6]
- Employer
- University of Freiburg [6]
- Work Place
- Gießen [2]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Danish Bibliographic Centre
- 6. Wikidata
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