ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ruth Benedict

1887 - 1948

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Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons, she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where she studied under Franz Boas. She received her Ph.D. and joined the faculty in 1923. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Benedict is the 9th most popular anthropologist (up from 10th in 2019), the 829th most popular biography from United States (down from 618th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Anthropologist.

Ruth Benedict was a cultural anthropologist who wrote "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" in 1946. The book is about Japanese culture and how it differs from American culture.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Ruth Benedict ranks 9 out of 93. Before her are Jane Goodall, James George Frazer, Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis H. Morgan, A. L. Kroeber, and Margaret Mead. After her are Franz Boas, Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, Clifford Geertz, Eugène Dubois, and Birutė Galdikas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ruth Benedict ranks 31. Before her are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Nadia Boulanger, Georg Trakl, Chūichi Nagumo, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Felix Yusupov. After her are Jack Phillips, August Macke, Wolfgang Köhler, Nikolai Vavilov, Lothar Rendulic, and Alvin York. Among people deceased in 1948, Ruth Benedict ranks 25. Before her are Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, Folke Bernadotte, Arthur Liebehenschel, and Maria Mandl. After her are Jan Masaryk, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Gebhardt, Babe Ruth, and Umberto Giordano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruth Benedict ranks 829 out of 20,380. Before her are Brandon Lee (1965), Willis Carrier (1876), Anastacia (1968), Alfred Hershey (1908), Joe DiMaggio (1914), and Danny Glover (1946). After her are Joan Crawford (1904), G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), John Carpenter (1948), Krist Novoselic (1965), and Roy J. Glauber (1925).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Ruth Benedict ranks 4. Before her are Lewis H. Morgan (1818), A. L. Kroeber (1876), and Margaret Mead (1901). After her are 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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