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Franz Uri Boas [a] (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. [22] He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology".
Franz Boas was the founder of the relativistic, culture-centered school of American anthropology that became dominant in the 20th century.
Franz Boas, often considered the “father of modern anthropology,” made significant contributions to the field. His work challenged prevailing notions of race, culture, and language, and laid the groundwork for modern anthropological theory and practice.
Franz Boas was a German-born anthropologist who founded the relativistic, culture-centered school of American anthropology that dominated 20th century thought.
Franz Boas is a towering figure in the world of anthropology. An iconoclast and a mentor, Boas is known for using the scientific method to disprove racist theories that had become dominant in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Boas, a German Jewish immigrant with scars from duels, was the volatile center of this circle. As the founder of cultural anthropology, “Papa Franz” challenged the reigning notions of race and culture. His students did the same, adding sex and gender to the mix.
Franz Boas (1858–1942) Anthropologist Faculty 1896–1936. Boas is the early-twentieth-century scholar most responsible for discrediting the then-dominant scientific theories of racial superiority.
German American anthropologist Franz Boas was one of the most influential social scientists of the early twentieth century, noted for his commitment to cultural relativism and as a staunch opponent of racist ideologies.
Franz Boas, anthropologist, ethnologist, folklorist, linguist (born 9 July 1858 in Minden, Westphalia, Germany; died on 21 December 1942 in New York City, NY). Boas deeply influenced the direction of anthropological methods in the study of human culture in Canada and the United States.
Franz Boas (1858) is widely known as the Father of American Anthropology and pioneer of the four-field approach to anthropological research. His highly influential research career spanned each of the four subfields of anthropology, uniting them under one common goal – the holistic study of man.