Franz Boas, German-American Anthropologist

Franz Boas (1858-1942) was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the Father of American Anthropology and the Father of Modern Anthropology. Like many such pioneers, he trained in other disciplines; he received his doctorate in physics, and did post-doctoral work in geography. He applied the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies; previously this discipline was based on the formulation of grand theories around anecdotal knowledge

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