Rivet, Paul, 1876-1958
Contributed to
sd09The Jivaro Indians
The Jivaro Indiansbook chapter 1907
sd09The Jivaro Indians
The Jivaro Indiansbook chapter 1908
se13The first new chronicle and good government
The first new chronicle and good governmentbook chapter 1936
- Summary
- Paul Rivet was a French ethnologist known for founding the Musée de l'Homme in 1937. In his professional work, Rivet is known for his theory that South America was originally populated in part by migrants who sailed there from Australia and Melanesia. He married Mercedes Andrade Chiriboga, who was from Cuenca, Ecuador. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata
- Unknown [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Born
- 1876 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 1876-05-07 [4]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Wasigny (Ardennes) [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Wasigny [4]Wikidata
- Died
- 1958 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 1958-03-21 [4]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Paris [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata
- Country
- France [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- French [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- ethnologist [4]Wikidata
- anthropologist [4]Wikidata
- French resistance fighter [4]Wikidata
- politician [4]Wikidata
- Profession
- Ethnologe [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Archives at
- La contemporaine [4]Wikidata
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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