Melville J. Herskovits
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American anthropologist (1895–1963)
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- 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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- 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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