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Alfred Louis Kroeber (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər / 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.
Jun 7, 2024 · A.L. Kroeber was an influential American anthropologist of the first half of the 20th century, whose primary concern was to understand the nature of culture and its processes. His interest and competence ranged over the whole of anthropology, and he made valuable contributions to American Indian
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Alfred Louis Kroeber (June 11, 1876 – October 5, 1960) was an influential figure in the development of modern American anthropology. The first student of Franz Boas and a prolific writer, he was one of the early proponents of Boas' theory of "cultural relativism," and a major force in bringing it into the mainstream of anthropology.
May 29, 2018 · A biography of Alfred Louis Kroeber, a founder of modern anthropology and a pioneer of culture area concept. Learn about his life, work, controversies, and legacy in the field.
The aim of this paper is to assess the theoretical contributions of Alfred. Louis Kroeber (1876-1960), who was considered until his death as an un-. questioned chief of American anthropology 1. In 1939, Kroeber was asked. represent American anthropology by writing the key summaries for the presen-.
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Mar 30, 2022 · A series of six papers on the life and achievements of Alfred Kroeber, a major figure in American anthropology, published by BEROSE International Encyclopaedia of the Histories of Anthropology. The papers cover his career, contributions, linguistics, cultural history, and controversies.
Alfred Louis Kroeber was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1876. He died in Paris in 1960, on his way home from a conference at Burg Wartenstein in Austria on “Anthropological Horizons,” which he had both organized and chaired.
