Melville J. Herskovits
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American anthropologist (1895–1963)
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Vinony's link graph records 127 inbound references to Melville J. Herskovits, and connects out to African American studies, Paris and New York City.
It is catalogued under topics including 1895 births, 1963 deaths and 20th-century American anthropologists.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1963
- Works
- 49
Top works
- Pesquisas etnológicas na Bahia
- Economic transition in Africa
- Dahomean narrative
- Rebel destiny
- The negro and the intelligence tests
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1965-07-31
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bellefontaine
- Place of death
- Evanston
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Cincinnati
- Employer
- Howard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Franz Boas
- Student of
- Franz Boas
- Doctoral student
- Joseph Greenberg
- Field of work
- ethnography
- Conflict
- World War I
- Work location
- Benin
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- date of birth
- 1895-09-10
- date of death
- 1963-02-25
- professorship
- professor
- Commons category
- Melville J. Herskovits
- influenced by
- Thorstein Veblen
- interested in
- African diaspora
- described at URL
- findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/agents/people/2091
- subject has role
- eponym
Sources (9)
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Available in 16 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Egyptian Arabic
- Haitian Creole
- Madurese
- Polski
- Punjabi
- فارسی
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International Standard Book Number
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Harvard University
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Wayback Machine
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Columbia University
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University of Chicago
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Categories
1895 births1963 deaths20th-century American anthropologists20th-century American JewsAmerican AfricanistsAmerican Anthropologist editorsAmerican people of Slovak-Jewish descentColumbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumniHistorians of HaitiJewish American philosophersJewish American social scientistsJewish anthropologistsNorthwestern University facultyPeople from Bellefontaine, OhioPresidents of the African Studies AssociationPresidents of the American Folklore SocietyUnited States Army personnel of World War IUnited States Army soldiersUniversity of Chicago alumni