Adolf Bastian
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- Born
- 26 June 1826
- Died
- 2 February 1905
- Works
- 99
Top works
- Reisen in Siam in Jahre 1863
- Reisen in Birma in den Jahren 1861-1862
- Amerika's Nordwest-Küste
- Java
- Borneo und Celebes
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1826-06-26 ) 26 June 1826, Bremen , German Confederation
- Died
- 2 February 1905 (1905-02-02) (aged 78), Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
- Fields
- Anthropology
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1826
- Died
- 1 January 1905
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bremen
- Place of birth
- Bremen
- Place of death
- Port of Spain
- Occupation
- geographer
- Employer
- Ethnological Museum Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- professor
Article
Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 1826 – 2 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. His theory of the Elementargedanke resulted in Carl Jung's development of the theory of archetypes. His ideas influenced the "father of American anthropology" Franz Boas and comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.
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1826 births1905 deaths19th-century German anthropologistsBurials at Stahnsdorf South-Western CemeteryGerman ethnographersGerman ethnologistsGerman explorers of AfricaGerman male writersHeidelberg University alumniHumboldt University of Berlin alumniIncomplete lists from March 2016International members of the American Philosophical Society