Alfred L. Kroeber

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anthropologist human linguist university teacher

Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.

Aliases (4)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropologist → human → linguist → university teacher →
academicAdvisor	Franz Boas →
child	Karl Kroeber → Ursula K. Le Guin →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1876-06-11 →
dateOfDeath	1960-10-05 →
educatedAt	Columbia University →
employer	University of California, Berkeley →
ethnicGroupResearched	Karok → Mohave → Pomo → Yahi → Yurok →
familyName	Kroeber →
fieldOfWork	Native American studies → archaeology → cultural anthropology → linguistic anthropology →
founded	Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley →
fullName	Alfred Louis Kroeber →
givenName	Alfred →
influenced	Clyde Kluckhohn → Julian Steward → Robert H. Lowie → Ursula K. Le Guin →
influencedBy	Franz Boas →
knownFor	development of cultural anthropology in the United States → pioneering work on Native American cultures → studies of California Indian languages → work with Ishi, the so-called last Yahi Indian →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	American Anthropological Association → National Academy of Sciences →
notableConcept	culture area concept → superorganic concept of culture →
notableWork	Anthropology (1923) → Configurations of Culture Growth → Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America → Handbook of the Indians of California → The Nature of Culture →
placeOfBirth	Hoboken, New Jersey →
placeOfDeath	Paris, France →
positionHeld	Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley → Director of the University of California Museum of Anthropology → Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Henrietta Rothschild → Theodora Kroeber →
workLocation	Berkeley, California →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anthropology (1923) → Configurations of Culture Growth → Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America → Handbook of the Indians of California → The Nature of Culture →	author
American historical particularism → Boasian school of anthropology →	associatedWith
Chemehuevi language ("linguist A. L. Kroeber") → Ohlone languages ("linguist Alfred L. Kroeber") →	documentedBy
Alfred L. Kroeber ("Kroeber") → Ursula K. Le Guin ("Kroeber") →	familyName
Franz Boas → Franz Boas →	influenced
Hokan languages → Penutian languages →	proposedBy
Configurations of Culture Growth →	authorInstanceOf
Alfred L. Kroeber ("Alfred Louis Kroeber") →	fullName
The Nature of Culture →	hasAuthor
Handbook of the Indians of California →	hasContributor
Handbook of the Indians of California →	hasNotableAuthor