H. W. Henshaw

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H. W. Henshaw was an American ethnologist and linguist known for his late 19th- and early 20th-century documentation of Native American languages and cultures.

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instanceOf American ethnologist
American linguist
ethnologist
human
linguist
areaOfActivity North America NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
birthDate 1850-03-03
contributedTo classification of Native American languages
early scientific study of Native American ethnology
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1930-08-01
employer Bureau of American Ethnology NERFINISHED
United States Biological Survey NERFINISHED
United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories NERFINISHED
familyName Henshaw NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork anthropology
ethnology
linguistics
ornithology
gender male
givenName Henry NERFINISHED
knownFor documentation of Native American cultures
documentation of Native American languages
work with the Bureau of American Ethnology
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Bureau of American Ethnology NERFINISHED
name Henry Wetherbee Henshaw NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableWork contributions to the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
studies of Native American place names
vocabularies of Native American languages
occupation ethnologist
linguist
ornithologist
placeOfBirth Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
positionHeld chief of the U.S. Biological Survey
head of the Bureau of American Ethnology
studied Native American cultures
Native American languages
indigenous peoples of North America
workPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

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