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Alfred Louis Kroeber (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər / KROH-bər; June 11, 1876 – October 5, 1960) was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his PhD under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Columbia.
Jun 7, 2024 · A.L. Kroeber was an influential American anthropologist of the first half of the 20th century, whose primary concern was to understand the nature of culture and its processes. His interest and competence ranged over the whole of anthropology, and he made valuable contributions to American Indian.
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May 29, 2018 · Kroeber, Alfred Louis (1876–1960) US anthropologist, one of the most influential cultural anthropologists of the early 20th century. Kroeber helped to advance the study of Native North American ethnology, linguistics, and folklore.
Mar 30, 2022 · From the 1940s until his death, Alfred Louis Kroeber (1876–1960) was considered by many as the “Dean of American Anthropology.” A New Yorker from a German immigrant family, Kroeber studied English at Columbia University, earning an M.A. degree.
Alfred Louis Kroeber (June 11, 1876 – October 5, 1960) was an influential figure in the development of modern American anthropology. The first student of Franz Boas and a prolific writer, he was one of the early proponents of Boas' theory of "cultural relativism," and a major force in bringing it into the mainstream of anthropology.
In some ways Kroeber’s most influential book was his Anthropology (1923). During the period in which anthropology first gained extensive recognition as a professional discipline and the number of anthropologists began to grow rapidly, this work was the only textbook.
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Sep 30, 2021 · A look into anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber's work on Native Californian cultures during the first half of the twentieth century offers some answers in this respect. In this article, we aim to inquire into why Kroeber kept music away from his anthropological publications even though ‘behind closed doors’ he did much to collect information ...
