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Theodora Kroeber

1897 - 1979

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Theodora Kroeber ( KROH-bər; née Theodora Covel Kracaw; March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979) was an American writer and anthropologist, best known for her accounts of several Native Californian cultures. Born in Denver, Colorado, Kroeber grew up in the mining town of Telluride, and worked briefly as a nurse. She attended the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), for her undergraduate studies, graduating with a major in psychology in 1919, and received a master's degree from the same institution in 1920. Married in 1920 and widowed in 1923, she began doctoral studies in anthropology at UC Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodora Kroeber is the 5,305th most popular writer (down from 5,212th in 2019), the 8,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,504th in 2019) and the 613th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Theodora Kroeber ranks 5,305 out of 7,302. Before her are Norman Smith, Granius Licinianus, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Ludwig Thoma, Wyndham Lewis, and Mateja Matevski. After her are Richard Wagner, Alain Bosquet, Duncan Regehr, Luiza Pesjak, Axel Bakunts, and Ernie Pyle.

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Among people born in 1897, Theodora Kroeber ranks 260. Before her are Kálmán Tihanyi, Muriel Freeman, Memphis Minnie, Henri Dulieux, Ferruccio Novo, and Yang Zhongjian. After her are Edward Moore, George Murdock, Blind Willie Johnson, Juan Natalicio González, Jackson Scholz, and Edwin Graves. Among people deceased in 1979, Theodora Kroeber ranks 221. Before her are Eduardo Astengo, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Paolo Barison, Joseph Alcazar, Alessandro Frigerio, and Yang Zhongjian. After her are Sven Utterström, Vincenzo Cuccia, Virgilio Piñera, Géza Kádas, Ermindo Onega, and Peter Donlon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodora Kroeber ranks 8,235 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Tilson Thomas (1944), Dina Merrill (1923), Vic Damone (1928), Matt Biondi (1965), Jay Miner (1932), and Nate Archibald (1948). After her are Gary Payton (1968), Joe Manganiello (1976), Andra Day (1984), Jack Dorsey (1976), Richard Posner (1939), and Anjanette Comer (1939).

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Among writers born in United States, Theodora Kroeber ranks 613. Before her are Dee Brown (1908), Richard Russo (1949), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Jack Canfield (1944), Joe R. Lansdale (1951), and Armistead Maupin (1944). After her are Ernie Pyle (1900), Helen Thomas (1920), Terry Bisson (1942), Carol J. Adams (1951), David Brown (1916), and Michael Herr (1940).

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