Franz Boas

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Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.

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Boasian anthropology 1
Franz Uri Boas 1

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instanceOf academic
anthropologist
ethnologist
human
professor
academicDegree PhD in physics
birthName Franz Uri Boas
linked to: Franz Boas
causeOfDeath stroke
child Franziska Boas
citizenship German Empire
United States of America
countryOfBirth Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
dateOfBirth 1858-07-09
dateOfDeath 1942-12-21
describedAs father of American anthropology
doctoralThesisTopic color perception in seawater
educatedAt University of Bonn
University of Heidelberg
University of Kiel
employer American Museum of Natural History
Columbia University
ethnicGroup German Jews
fieldOfWork anthropology
cultural anthropology
ethnology
folkloristics
linguistic anthropology
influenced Alfred L. Kroeber
Ashley Montagu
Edward Sapir
Leslie Spier
Margaret Mead
Melville J. Herskovits
Paul Radin
Ralph Linton
Ruth Benedict
Zora Neale Hurston
influencedBy Adolf Bastian
Rudolf Virchow
knownFor Boasian anthropology
linked to: Franz Boas

critiquing scientific racism
developing cultural relativism
field-based ethnographic research
founding American cultural anthropology
promoting historical particularism
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf American Anthropological Association
movement Boasian school of anthropology
name Franz Boas
notableWork Anthropology and Modern Life
Handbook of American Indian Languages
Kwakiutl Ethnography
Race, Language and Culture
The Mind of Primitive Man
opposed biological determinism
scientific racism
placeOfBirth Minden, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Westphalia
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
positionHeld president of the American Anthropological Association
president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
professor of anthropology at Columbia University
religion Judaism
researchFocus Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Inuit communities of Baffin Island
linked to: Inuit

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) culture
sexOrGender male
spouse Marie Krackowizer
theory cultural relativism
historical particularism

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Wilhelm von Humboldt influenced Franz Boas
Franz Boas name Franz Boas
Franz Boas birthName Franz Uri Boas
linked to: Franz Boas
Franz Boas knownFor Boasian anthropology
linked to: Franz Boas
Tlingit documentedBy linguist Franz Boas
linked to: Franz Boas
Zora Neale Hurston studiedUnder Franz Boas
The Mind of Primitive Man author Franz Boas
Kwakiutl Ethnography author Franz Boas
Kwakiutl Ethnography contributor Franz Boas
Margaret Mead influencedBy Franz Boas
Franziska Boas father Franz Boas
Franziska Boas influencedBy Franz Boas
Ruth Benedict influencedBy Franz Boas
Ruth Benedict academicAdvisor Franz Boas
Alfred L. Kroeber influencedBy Franz Boas
Ashley Montagu doctoralAdvisor Franz Boas
Ashley Montagu influencedBy Franz Boas
Ralph Linton influencedBy Franz Boas
Adolf Bastian influenced Franz Boas
Marie Krackowizer spouseOf Franz Boas
Marie Krackowizer partnerOf Franz Boas
Marie Krackowizer supported Franz Boas
Edward Sapir influencedBy Franz Boas
Leslie Spier academicAdvisor Franz Boas
Leslie Spier influencedBy Franz Boas
Boasian linguistics namedAfter Franz Boas
Boasian linguistics foundedBy Franz Boas
Boasian linguistics keyFigure Franz Boas
Margaret Mead influencedBy Franz Boas
subject linked to: Mead
Boas hasNotableBearer Franz Boas