Ruth Benedict

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American anthropologist anthropologist cultural anthropologist human

Ruth Benedict was a pioneering American anthropologist known for her work on culture and personality, particularly through influential books like "Patterns of Culture."

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instanceOf American anthropologist ⓘ
anthropologist ⓘ
cultural anthropologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicAdvisor Franz Boas ⓘ
authorOf Anthropology and the Abnormal ⓘ
Patterns of Culture ⓘ
Race: Science and Politics ⓘ
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ⓘ
Zuni people ⓘ
surface form: Zuni Mythology
birthName Ruth Fulton ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-06-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1948-09-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Vassar College ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Benedict ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
cultural anthropology ⓘ
culture and personality studies ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
givenName Ruth ⓘ
influenced Margaret Mead ⓘ
culture and personality theorists ⓘ
influencedBy Edward Sapir ⓘ
Franz Boas ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Anthropological Association ⓘ
movement culture and personality school ⓘ
notableIdea configurational approach to culture ⓘ
cultural relativism ⓘ
culture and personality patterns ⓘ
notableWork Patterns of Culture ⓘ
occupation university teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Stanley Rossiter Benedict ⓘ
studied Dobu people ⓘ
Kwakiutl people ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
surface form: Native American cultures

Zuni people ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Patterns of Culture → author → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
Franz Boas → influenced → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
Boas → influenced → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
subject surface form: Franz Boas
Margaret Mead → influencedBy → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
Mead → influencedBy → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Mead
Melville J. Herskovits → influencedBy → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
Reo Fortune → influencedBy → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
Reo Fortune → spouse → Ruth Benedict ⓘ
Zora Neale Hurston → studiedUnder → Ruth Benedict ⓘ