John Peabody Harrington
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John Peabody Harrington was an American linguist and ethnographer renowned for his extensive documentation of Native American languages and cultures, particularly in California.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Peabody Harrington canonical | 10 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American linguist
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anthropologist ⓘ ethnographer ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| archivesAt |
National Anthropological Archives
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Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
meticulous fieldworker
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prolific collector of linguistic data ⓘ |
| employer |
Bureau of American Ethnology
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Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Harrington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Native American linguistics
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anthropology ⓘ documentation of endangered languages ⓘ ethnography ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrAssistant | various Native American language consultants ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive documentation of Native American cultures
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extensive documentation of Native American languages ⓘ large archival collections of linguistic field notes ⓘ work on California Native American languages ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Peabody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Peabody Harrington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collecting massive quantities of linguistic data
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working with last speakers of many Native American languages ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ethnographic notes on Native American cultures
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field notes on Native American languages ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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ethnographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
American Southwest
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California NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
ethnographic documentation of Native American communities
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lexicography of Native American languages ⓘ morphology of Native American languages ⓘ phonetics of Native American languages ⓘ |
| studied |
Athabaskan languages
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California indigenous languages ⓘ Chumashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American languages ⓘ Salinan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Takic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokuts languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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John Peabody Harrington