Sturtevant, William C.

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Summary: William Curtis Sturtevant was an anthropologist and ethnologist. He is best known as the general editor of the 20-volume Handbook of North American Indians. Renowned anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss described the work as "an absolutely indispensable tool that should be found on the shelves of all libraries, public and private alike." Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][4][5]
Born: 1926-07-26 [2][4]
Birth Place: Morristown, NJ [2]; Morristown [4]
Died: 2007-03-02 [2][4]
Death Place: Rockville, Md. [2]; Rockville [4]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]; curator [4]; museum professional [4]; ethnologist [4]; scientific collector [4]
Employer: Smithsonian Institution [4]; Bureau of American Ethnology [4]; National Museum of Natural History [4]
Educated at: Yale University [4]; University of California, Berkeley [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]
Archives at: National Anthropological Archives [4]
Yale LUX: Entity [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata; 5. Library of Congress

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