Adolf Bastian

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anthropologist ethnologist human writer

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropologist → ethnologist → human → writer →
academicDegree	doctorate in medicine →
burialPlace	Berlin →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → Kingdom of Prussia →
dateOfBirth	1826-06-26 →
dateOfDeath	1905-02-02 →
educatedAt	Charles University in Prague → University of Berlin → University of Heidelberg → University of Jena → University of Würzburg →
employer	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	Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory →
movement	19th-century cultural evolutionism →
name	Adolf Bastian →
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 → Free Hanseatic City of Bremen →
placeOfDeath	Austro-Hungarian Empire → 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 → Burma → China → India → Indonesia → Japan → North America → South America → Southeast Asia →
workLocation	Berlin →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Franz Boas →	influencedBy
Adolf Bastian →	name