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Franz Boas

1858 - 1942

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Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism. Studying in Germany, Boas was awarded a doctorate in 1881 in physics while also studying geography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Boas is the 10th most popular anthropologist (down from 9th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Germany (down from 569th in 2019) and the most popular German Anthropologist.

Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist who is most famous for his work in the field of cultural anthropology. He is best known for his work in the study of Native American cultures, and he is often credited with being the father of American anthropology.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Franz Boas ranks 10 out of 93. Before him are James George Frazer, Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis H. Morgan, A. L. Kroeber, Margaret Mead, and Ruth Benedict. After him are Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, Clifford Geertz, Eugène Dubois, Birutė Galdikas, and Knud Rasmussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Franz Boas ranks 19. Before him are Giuseppe Peano, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Charles de Foucauld, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Maria Christina of Austria, Princess Louise of Belgium, Marie Bashkirtseff, Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, and Eugène Dubois. Among people deceased in 1942, Franz Boas ranks 17. Before him are Walther von Reichenau, Anton Drexler, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Fritz Todt, Robert Bosch, and William G. Morgan. After him are Irène Némirovsky, Bruno Schulz, Sabina Spielrein, Kārlis Ulmanis, François Darlan, and Michel Fokine.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Boas ranks 627 out of 7,253. Before him are Till Lindemann (1963), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wolfgang Paul (1913), Henri Nestlé (1814), Georg Wittig (1897), and Elsa Einstein (1876). After him are Ernst Mayr (1904), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Kurt Weill (1900), Walter Baade (1893), Adolf Galland (1912), and Klaus Mann (1906).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Germany

Among anthropologists born in Germany, Franz Boas ranks 1. After him are Birutė Galdikas (1946), Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Fredrik Barth (1928), Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840), Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803), and Jean Malaurie (1922).

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