Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone, 1868-1930
Contributed to
nq14Buffalo Bird Woman's garden
Buffalo Bird Woman's gardenBook 1987
nq14The horse and the dog in Hidatsa culture
The horse and the dog in Hidatsa cultureBook 1924
nq14An Hidatsa shrine and the beliefs respecting it
An Hidatsa shrine and the beliefs respecting itBook 1908
- Summary
- Gilbert Livingston Wilson was an American ethnographer and a Presbyterian minister. He and his brother recorded the lives of three Hidatsa family members; Buffalo Bird Woman, her brother Henry Wolf Chief, and her son Edward Goodbird. Wilson's extensive and detailed writings remain an important source of information for historians and anthropologists, as well as the Hidatsa people. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4][5]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1868 [2]
- 1869 [4]
- Birth Place
- Springfield, Ohio [3]
- Springfield [4]
- Died
- 1930 [2]
- 1930-06-08 [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- ethnologist [4]
- Profession
- Ethnologe [2]
- Employer
- Macalester College [4]
- Educated at
- Wittenberg University [4]
- Princeton Theological Seminary [4]
- University of Minnesota [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [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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