Boas family
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The Boas family is a prominent German-American Jewish family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, medicine, and social science, most notably through Franz Boas and his descendants.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Franz Boas | 0 |
| Ernst Boas | 0 |
| Helene Boas | 0 |
| Ruth Boas | 0 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-American Jewish family
ⓘ
family ⓘ person ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| family | Boas family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology of race
ⓘ
cardiology ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ linguistic anthropology ⓘ medicine ⓘ physical anthropology ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| hasCulturalIdentity | German-American ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Ernst Boas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franz Boas NERFINISHED ⓘ Helene Boas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Boas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
Jewish intellectual life in the United States
ⓘ
development of modern anthropology in North America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
academic careers
ⓘ
intellectual influence in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to anthropology
ⓘ
contributions to medicine ⓘ contributions to social science ⓘ critiquing scientific racism ⓘ founding American cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
ⓘ
physician ⓘ social scientist ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.