Adolf Bastian

Adolf Bastian (1826–1905) was a German anthropologist, writer, psychologist, and university teacher. Born in Bremen, he was educated at Heidelberg University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the University of Würzburg. He worked as an employee at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Ethnological Museum Berlin. His field of work was ethnography, and he was influenced by Johann Gottfried Herder and Alexander von Humboldt.

Bastian was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory, and the Berlin Geographical Society. He wrote in German and produced numerous works, including *Reisen in Siam in Jahre 1863*, *Reisen in Birma in den Jahren 1861-1862*, *Amerika's Nordwest-Küste*, and *Java, Borneo und Celebes*. His works are held in the collection of the National Museum of World Cultures. He died in Port of Spain and is buried at Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf.