Furness, William Henry, 1866-1920
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- Summary
- William Henry Furness III was an American physician, ethnographer and writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made multiple trips to the South Pacific, and was among the first to study and photograph the Kayan people of Borneo and the Wa'ab people on the island of Yap. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1866 [2]
- 1867-08-10 [3]
- Died
- 1920 [2]
- 1920-08-11 [3]
- Country
- Great Britain [2]
- Occupation
- explorer [3]
- anthropologist [3]
- ethnographer [3]
- physician [3]
- Educated at
- St. Paul's School [3]
- Harvard University [3]
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania [3]
- Country of Education
- United States [3]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [3]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Wikidata
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