Goddard, Pliny Earle, 1869-1928

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Myths and tales from the San Carlos Apache
Book 1918

Summary: Pliny Earle Goddard was an American linguist and ethnologist noted for his extensive documentation of the languages and cultures of the Athabaskan peoples of western North America. His early research, carried out under the auspices of the University of California, Berkeley, focused on the Hupa and adjacent Athabaskan groups in northwestern California. After moving to New York in 1909 at the invitation of Franz Boas his scope expanded to include the Athabaskans of the Southwest, Canada, and Alaska. During the 1910s and 1920s. as Boas's junior colleague at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University, Goddard played a major role in creating the academic infrastructure for American Indian linguistics and anthropology in North America. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1869-11-24 [2]
Birth Place: Lewiston, Me. [2]; Maine [4]
Died: 1928-07-11 [2]
Country: Canada [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]; ethnologist [4]; linguist [4]
Educated at: University of California, Berkeley [4]; Earlham College [4]; Oakwood Friends School [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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