Born | Franz Uri Boas, July 09, 1858, Minden, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia |
Died | December 21, 1942, New York City, New York, US |
Citizenship | Germany, USA |
Institutions | Clark University, Columbia University |
Alma mater | University of Heidelberg, University of Bonn, University of Kiel |
Thesis | Beiträge zur Erkenntniss der Farbe des Wassers (1881) |
Doctoral students | Ruth Benedict, A. F. Chamberlain, Manuel Gamio, Alexander Goldenweiser, Irving Goldman, Herman Karl Haeberlin, Melville J. Herskovits, George Herzog, E. Adamson Hoebel, Melville Jacobs, William Jones, A. L. Kroeber, Alexander Lesser, Robert Lowie, Margaret Mead, Ashley Montagu, Paul Radin, Gladys Reichard, Edward Sapir, Frank Speck, Leslie Spier, 64px |
Other notable students | Fay-Cooper Cole, Erna Gunther, Zora Neale Hurston |
Influences | Adolf Bastian, Moritz Lazarus, Heymann Steinthal, Rudolf Virchow, Theodor Waitz, Wilhelm Wundt |
Influenced | Ruth Bunzel, Frederica de Laguna, Gilberto Freyre, Pliny Earle Goddard, Alfred Irving Hallowell, Otto Klineberg, Ruth Landes, Rhoda Métraux, Elsie Clews Parsons, Ruth Underhill |
Children | Helene, Ernst, Hedwig, Gertrud, Henry, Franziska |
About Franz Boas
Anthropologist Franz Boas was born in Minden, Germany on July 9, 1858. He dies at the age of 84, on December 21, 1942.
A German-American anthropologist and pioneer of contemporary anthropology, known as the"Father of American Anthropology". He stated that historically, culture formed through the interactions of groups of people and that there was no continuous trend toward"better" cultural forms.
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Franz Boas before becoming famous
Franz Boas was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1858 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.
In order to be closer to his family, he chose to study at the University of Kiel rather than the University of Berlin.
Achievement of Franz Boas
Anthropologist Margaret Mead and Edward Sapir were among his Columbia University pupils, where he lectured.
Franz Boas's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He married Marie Krackowizer Boas and had six children with her.
Franz Boas Collabed with
Another well-known German scientist, Astronomer Johannes Kepler, is similar to him.
Franz Boas Income & Net worth
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