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Franz Boas
Born9 Julie 1858(1858-07-09)
Minden, Westphalie, Germany[1]
Dee'd21 December 1942(1942-12-21) (aged 84)
New York, U.S.
EddicationPh.D. in Pheesics, Varsity o Kiel (1881)
ThriftAnthropologist
Hauf-marrae(s)Marie Krackowizer Boas (1861–1929)
Bairns
  • Helene Boas Yampolsky (1888–1963)
  • Ernst Philip Boas (1891–1955)
  • Hedwig Boas (1893/94)
  • Gertrud Boas (1897–1924)
  • Henry Herbert Donaldson Boas (1899–1925)
  • Marie Franziska Boas (1902–1987)
Pawrents
  • Meier Boas (1823–1899),
  • Sophie Meyer Boas (1828–1916)
Signatur

Franz Uri Boas (/ˈfrɑːnz ˈb.æz/; German: [ˈboːas]; July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942)[2] wis a German-American[3] anthropologist an a pioneer o modren anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology".[4][5]

References

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  1. "further information about the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Boas's birth at Minden e. g. an exposition, a scientific meeting, a theatre play, a special medal, an edition of the diary of Wilhelm Weike, Boas´ servant on Baffin Island". Archived frae the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. Norman F. Boas, 2004, p. 291 (photo of the graveyard marker of Franz and Marie Boas, Dale Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.)
  3. Boas, Franz. A Franz Boas reader: the shaping of American anthropology, 18831911. University of Chicago Press, 1989. p. 308
  4. Holloway, M. (1997) The Paradoxical Legacy of Franz Boas—father of American anthropology. Natural History. November 1997. Archived 2012-07-10 at Archive.today
  5. Stocking. George W., Jr. 1960.Franz Boas and the Founding of the American Anthropological Association. AmericanAnthropologist62: 1–17.