Melville J. Herskovits

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American anthropologist anthropologist human

Melville J. Herskovits was an American anthropologist known for pioneering African and African diaspora studies and for challenging racial and cultural biases in social science.

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instanceOf American anthropologist ⓘ
anthropologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in anthropology ⓘ
birthName Melville J. Herskovits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Melville Jean Herskovits
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1895-09-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1963-02-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
employer Northwestern University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Melville J. Herskovits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Herskovits
fieldOfWork African American studies ⓘ
African diaspora studies ⓘ
African studies ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ
cultural anthropology ⓘ
founded Program of African Studies at Northwestern University ⓘ
givenName Melville ⓘ
hasHonorificName Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies ⓘ
influenced African American studies scholars ⓘ
African diaspora studies ⓘ
influencedBy Franz Boas ⓘ
Ruth Benedict ⓘ
knownFor challenging racial and cultural biases in social science ⓘ
founding African Studies at Northwestern University ⓘ
pioneering African and African diaspora studies ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
mainInterest African American culture ⓘ
African cultures ⓘ
cultural relativism ⓘ
memberOf American Anthropological Association ⓘ
American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
movement cultural relativism ⓘ
notableIdea African cultural survivals in the New World ⓘ
critique of biological race concepts in social science ⓘ
notableWork Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom

Life in a Haitian Valley ⓘ
Man and His Works ⓘ
Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana ⓘ
The Human Factor in Changing Africa ⓘ
The Myth of the Negro Past ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bellefontaine, Ohio ⓘ
placeOfDeath Evanston, Illinois ⓘ
positionHeld founding chair of the anthropology department at Northwestern University ⓘ
professor of anthropology at Northwestern University ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Shapiro Herskovits ⓘ
studiedIn Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
surface form: Dahomey (Benin)

Haiti ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
workLocation Evanston, Illinois ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

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Life in a Haitian Valley → author → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
Man and His Works → author → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
The Human Factor in Changing Africa → author → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
The Myth of the Negro Past → author → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
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Man and His Works → hasAuthor → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
The Human Factor in Changing Africa → hasAuthor → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ
Franz Boas → influenced → Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ