Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered.
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Birth: | 9th July, 1858 |
Death: | 21st December, 1942 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Anthropologist |
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Franz Uri Boas was born in Minden, Westphalia, Germany. He was a German-born American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". After studying at the Universities of Heidelberg, Bonn, and Kiel, he received a Ph.D. in physics with a minor in geography from the University of Kiel in 1881. In 1887 he emigrated to the United States where he first worked as a museum curator at the Smithsonian, and in 1899 became professor of anthropology at Columbia University where he remained for the rest of his career.
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