Adolf Bastian

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Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.

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instanceOf anthropologist
ethnologist
human
writer
academicDegree doctorate in medicine
burialPlace Berlin
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1826-06-26
dateOfDeath 1905-02-02
educatedAt Charles University in Prague
Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

Heidelberg University
surface form: University of Heidelberg

University of Jena
University of Würzburg
employer Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
surface form: Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin
era 19th century
ethnicGroup German
familyName Bastian
fieldOfWork anthropology
ethnology
folklore studies
givenName Adolf
influenced Carl Jung
Franz Boas
Wilhelm Wundt
influencedBy Alexander von Humboldt
Johann Gottfried Herder
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf German Anthropological Society
surface form: Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
movement 19th-century cultural evolutionism
name Adolf Bastian self-link
nativeLanguage German
notableConcept comparative ethnology
elementary ideas
psychic unity of mankind
notableIdea cultures share universal mental structures expressed in diverse local forms
notableWork Der Mensch in der Geschichte
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika
Die Völker des östlichen Asien
occupation anthropologist
ethnologist
explorer
museum director
placeOfBirth Bremen
Bremen
surface form: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
placeOfDeath Austro-Hungarian Empire
Trieste, Italy
surface form: Port of Trieste
positionHeld co-founder of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
director of the Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin
sexOrGender male
traveledTo Africa
Myanmar
surface form: Burma

China
India
Indonesia
Japan
North America
South America
Southeast Asia
workLocation Berlin

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