Alfred Kroeber | |
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![]() Kroeber in 1920 | |
Born | Alfred Louis Kroeber June 11, 1876 Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | October 5, 1960 Paris, France | (aged 84)
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Children | 4, including Karl and Ursula |
Awards | Viking Fund Medal (1946) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Doctoral advisor | Franz Boas |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Anthropology |
Sub-discipline | Cultural anthropology |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral students | Cora Du Bois, Margaret Lantis, Katharine Luomala, Laura Maud Thompson, Charles F. Voegelin, |
Influenced | H. Stuart Hughes[1] |
Alfred Louis Kroeber (/ˈkroʊbər/ 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. He was also the first professor appointed to the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] He played an integral role in the early days of its Museum of Anthropology, where he served as director from 1909 through 1947.[4] Kroeber provided detailed information about Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi people, whom he studied over a period of years. He was the father of the acclaimed novelist, poet, and writer of short stories Ursula K. Le Guin.
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