Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
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- Summary
- Franz Uri Boas was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism. Wikipedia
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [8]
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Born
- 1858-07-09 [2]
- Birth Place
- Minden (Westf) [2]
- Minden [8]
- Died
- 1942-12-21 [2]
- Death Place
- New York, NY [2]
- New York City [8]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Germany [2]
- Website
- http://www.franz-boas.com [8]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [8]
- linguist [8]
- university teacher [8]
- geographer [8]
- philosopher [8]
- curator [8]
- art historian [8]
- ethnographer [8]
- Employer
- Columbia University [8]
- Clark University [8]
- Smithsonian Institution [8]
- American Museum of Natural History [8]
- Work Place
- Worcester, Mass. [2]
- Educated at
- University of Bonn [8]
- University of Kiel [8][8]
- Heidelberg University [8]
- Country of Education
- Germany [8]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Korea
- 6. National Library and Archives of Québec
- 7. Danish Bibliographic Centre
- 8. Wikidata
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