Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
Franz Uri Boas was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural... Wikipedia
Born: July 9, 1858, Minden, Germany
Died: December 21, 1942 (age 84 years), Faculty House, New York, NY
Influenced: Daniel Everett, Leonard Bloomfield, Elsie Clews Parsons, and more
Education: University of Bonn (1877–1879), Heidelberg University, and University of Kiel
Influenced by: Rudolf Virchow, Wilhelm Wundt, Adolf Bastian, and more
Academic advisor: Gustav Karsten
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