Franz Boas

Also known as Franz Uri Boas, Father of American Anthropology

German-American anthropologist

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Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist who made major contributions to the field of anthropology. His work matters because he helped establish anthropology as a modern science and challenged prevailing racial theories of his time.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 9 July 1858
Died: 21 December 1942
Works: 225

Top works

The game of cat's cradle
Handbook of American Indian languages
Freedom for the school
[The Northern regions pamphlets]
[The Norse in America pamphlets]

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States

Discography

Grave Dreams2011

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 19
Total plays: 67

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
· 2007 · cited 53,180x
Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 30,265x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,380x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,810x
World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated
· 2006 · cited 9,726x

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Quotes

“Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways,”
“Anthropology has reached that point of development where the careful investigation of facts shakes our firm belief in the far-reaching theories that have been built up. The complexity of each phenomenon dawns on our minds, and makes us desirous of proceeding more cautiously. Heretofore we have seen the features common to all human thought.”
“Then we shall treasure and cultivate the variety of forms that human thought and activity has taken, and abhor, as leading to complete stagnation, all attempts to impress one pattern of thought upon whole nations or even upon the whole world.”
“The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake...can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.”
“The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment.”
“No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics.”

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Commons category: Franz Boas
date of birth: 1858-07-09
date of death: 1942-12-21
birth name: Franz Uri Boas
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name in native language: Franz Boas
Commons Creator page: Franz Boas

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Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.

Studying in Germany, Boas was awarded a doctorate in 1881 in physics while also studying geography. He then participated in a geographical expedition to northern Canada, where he became fascinated with the culture and language of the Baffin Island Inuit. He went on to do field work with the indigenous cultures and languages of the Pacific Northwest. In 1887 he emigrated to the United States, where he first worked as a museum curator at the Smithsonian, and in 1899 became a professor of anthropology at Columbia University, where he remained for the rest of his career. Through his students, many of whom went on to found anthropology departments and research programmes inspired by their mentor, Boas profoundly influenced the development of American anthropology. Among his many significant students were A. L. Kroeber, Alexander Goldenweiser, Ruth Benedict, Edward Sapir, Margaret Mead, Zora Neale Hurston, and Gilberto Freyre.