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A. L. Kroeber

1876 - 1960

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Alfred Louis Kroeber ( 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. He was also the first professor appointed to the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He played an integral role in the early days of its Museum of Anthropology, where he served as director from 1909 through 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. L. Kroeber is the 7th most popular anthropologist (up from 24th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,378th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Anthropologist.

Alfred Louis Kroeber was an American anthropologist, ethnologist, and linguist. He is considered to be the father of cultural anthropology in the United States. His most famous work is The Nature of Culture, which was published in 1952.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, A. L. Kroeber ranks 7 out of 93. Before him are Claude Lévi-Strauss, Bronisław Malinowski, Jane Goodall, James George Frazer, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Lewis H. Morgan. After him are Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, and Clifford Geertz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, A. L. Kroeber ranks 22. Before him are Hermann Müller, 13th Dalai Lama, Pablo Casals, Alexander I of Serbia, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and Maurice de Vlaminck. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Wied, Prince of Albania, Willis Carrier, Elsa Einstein, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and Bruno Walter. Among people deceased in 1960, A. L. Kroeber ranks 13. Before him are Amanullah Khan, Wilhelm Pieck, Melanie Klein, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Paula Hitler, and Walther Funk. After him are Fausto Coppi, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Walter Baade, Antonie Pannekoek, and Aloysius Stepinac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A. L. Kroeber ranks 620 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard Gardner (1943), Warren Beatty (1937), Michael Porter (1947), John Kerry (1943), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Leon Cooper (1930). After him are Edward W. Morley (1838), Mia Farrow (1945), Ernest Borgnine (1917), George Foreman (1949), Don King (1931), and Steven Tyler (1948).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, A. L. Kroeber ranks 2. Before him are Lewis H. Morgan (1818). After him are Margaret Mead (1901), Ruth Benedict (1887), Clifford Geertz (1926), Marvin Harris (1927), Edward T. Hall (1914), Ann Dunham (1942), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), and Edwin H. Colbert (1905).

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