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Categories: Jewish anthropologists, 1895 births, Presidents of the African Studies Association, 1963 deaths, People from Bellefontaine, Ohio
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Melville J. Herskovits  Herskovits  Melville Herskovits  Melville Jean Herskovits
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Melville Jean Herskovits was an American anthropologist who helped to first establish African and African Diaspora studies in American academia. Wikipedia
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Melville Jean Herskovits was an American anthropologist who helped to first establish African and African Diaspora studies in American academia. Wikipedia
American anthropologist Wikidata
IS A
homo
ACADEMIC DEGREE
Doctor of Philosophy
ARCHIVES AT
Northwestern University Archives
AWARD RECEIVED
Guggenheim Fellowship
CHILD
Jean Herskovits
CONFLICT
World War I
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Franz Boas
DOCTORAL STUDENT
William Bascom
Alan P. Merriam
EDUCATED AT
Columbia University
University of Chicago
The New School
University of Cincinnati
University of Poitiers
EMPLOYER
Columbia University
Northwestern University
Howard University
FAMILY NAME
Herskovits
FIELD OF WORK
social anthropology
ethnography
GIVEN NAME
Jean
INFLUENCED BY
Veblen
INTERESTED IN
African diaspora
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
African Studies Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
MILITARY BRANCH
Medical Corps
NOTABLE WORK
The Myth of the Negro Past
OCCUPATION
anthropologist
writer
academic
professeur des universités
PLACE OF BIRTH
Bellefontaine
PLACE OF DEATH
Evanston
PROFESSORSHIP
professor
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT
Greenberg
Johnnetta Cole
STUDENT OF
Franz Boas
WORK LOCATION
Benin
Brazil
Nigeria
Ghana
Haiti
+1 relations
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Melville J. Herskovits
Wikidata
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Melville J. Herskovits
Wikipedia Redirections
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Herskovits, Melville Herskovits, Melville Jean Herskovits
Wikidata Alias
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Melville Herskovits, Melville Jean Herskovits

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