Boas, Franz
BOAS, FRANZ (1858–1942), German-American anthropologist, was born at Minden, Prussian Westphalia, on July 9, 1858, the son of Jewish parents of comfortable means, both of whom were ...
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Franz Boas
1858-1942
German-American Anthropologist
Franz Boas is primarily remembered for his pioneering work as an anthropologist and ethnologist. Boas was the founder of the culture-centered (but s...
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The German-born American anthropologist Franz Boas (1858-1942) established the modern structure of anthropology and applied anthropological findings to problems in education, race relations, nationali...
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Franz Boas, an anthropologist and linguist, helped to found modern cultural anthropology in the United States. He and his students influenced all areas of anthropology through the 1930's, revolutioniz...
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Franz Boas
Franz boas was one of the founding fathers of anthropology in North America. He studied through the First and Second World War when there was a rise in Ant-Semitism across Europe and the...
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