Gatschet, Albert Samuel, 1832-1907
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The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregonbook chapter 1890
- Summary
- Albert Louis Samuel Gatschet was a Swiss-American linguist, philologist, and ethnologist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of the Indigenous peoples and languages of North America. His work included analyses of almost a hundred different languages and preserved many on the brink of extinction. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1832 [2]
- 1832-10-03 [4]
- Birth Place
- Beatenberg [2][4]
- Died
- 1907 [2]
- 1907-03-16 [4]
- Death Place
- Washington, DC [2]
- Washington, D.C. [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Switzerland [2]
- Language
- German [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- linguist [4]
- Work Place
- Washington, DC [2]
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin [4]
- University of Bern [4]
- Country of Education
- Switzerland [4]
- Germany [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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