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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adolf Bastian canonical | 10 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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ethnologist ⓘ human ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in medicine ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Berlin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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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
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elementary ideas ⓘ psychic unity of mankind ⓘ |
| notableIdea | cultures share universal mental structures expressed in diverse local forms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Der Mensch in der Geschichte
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Die Culturländer des alten Amerika ⓘ Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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ethnologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ museum director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bremen
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Bremen ⓘ
surface form:
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
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| placeOfDeath |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Trieste, Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Trieste
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| positionHeld |
co-founder of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
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director of the Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Africa
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Myanmar ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
China ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
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