Alfred L. Kroeber
E16176
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfred L. Kroeber canonical | 32 |
| linguist Alfred L. Kroeber | 3 |
| Alfred Louis Kroeber | 2 |
| Kroeber | 2 |
| A. L. Kroeber and P. S. Sparkman | 1 |
| linguist A. L. Kroeber | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T124810 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred L. Kroeber Context triple: [Franz Boas, influenced, Alfred L. Kroeber]
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A.
Alfred Marston Tozzer
Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.
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B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Ruth Benedict
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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D.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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E.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred L. Kroeber Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Alfred Marston Tozzer
Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.
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B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Ruth Benedict
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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D.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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E.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ linguist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| child |
Theodora Kroeber
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surface form:
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
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Mohave ⓘ Pomo ⓘ Yahi ⓘ Yurok ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alfred L. Kroeber
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kroeber
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| fieldOfWork |
Native American studies
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archaeology ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ linguistic anthropology ⓘ |
| founded | Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alfred L. Kroeber
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alfred Louis Kroeber
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| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ralph Linton
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surface form:
Clyde Kluckhohn
Julian Steward ⓘ Robert H. Lowie ⓘ Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of cultural anthropology in the United States
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pioneering work on Native American cultures ⓘ studies of California Indian languages ⓘ work with Ishi, the so-called last Yahi Indian ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Anthropological Association
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
culture area concept
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superorganic concept of culture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anthropology (1923)
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Configurations of Culture Growth ⓘ Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America ⓘ Handbook of the Indians of California ⓘ The Nature of Culture ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hoboken
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surface form:
Hoboken, New Jersey
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld |
Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley
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Director of the University of California Museum of Anthropology ⓘ Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Henrietta Rothschild
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Theodora Kroeber ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berkeley
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surface form:
Berkeley, California
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alfred L. Kroeber Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
linguist A. L. Kroeber
this entity surface form:
Alfred Louis Kroeber
this entity surface form:
Kroeber
this entity surface form:
linguist Alfred L. Kroeber
this entity surface form:
Kroeber
subject surface form:
Franz Boas
this entity surface form:
Alfred Louis Kroeber
this entity surface form:
linguist Alfred L. Kroeber
subject surface form:
Ishi
this entity surface form:
A. L. Kroeber and P. S. Sparkman
subject surface form:
Yahi