Sol Tax
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LOCATION: Chicago, IL, United States
Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1948–76. Director, Center for the Study of Man, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1968–76. Editor, Current Anthropology, 1957–74. Authority noted for his work in American Indian ethnology and in the theory of social anthropology.
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Franz Boas was a German-born American anthropologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the founder of the relativistic, culture-centered school of American anthropology that became dominant in the 20th century. During his tenure at Columbia University in New York City (1899–1942), he…
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