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September 9, 2021     

Franz Boas


        Franz Boas was a German-born American Anthropology.  He sadly passed away on December 22, 1942. He worked in New York.  He was the founder of the relativistic, culture-centred school of American anthropology. Franz worked as a specialist in North American Indian cultures and languages, the organizer of a profession and the teacher of many scientists who developed anthropology in the United States. In Franz's childhood he spent most of his time with books. His father was a merchant and both his parents were free thinking liberalists. He was jewish but grew up feeling a complete German. At the age of five he developed an interest and started studying botany, geography, zoology, geology, and astronomy.  While studying in Minden at the gymnasium he started to develop an interest in the history of culture. After many years of studying he got his first teaching job. He got it at the Clark University.  In 1896 he became a lecturer in cultural anthropology and in 1899 professor of anthropology at Columbia University.  In 1911 Franz published The Mind of Primitive Man. It was a series of lectures on culture and race. In the 1930s the Nazis in Germany burned the book and rescinded his Ph.D. degree. Later on Kiel University gave him back his Ph.D. He retired in 1936. Although he retired he had something to say about the Spanish Civil War. In his life he progressed and succeeded. He made an influence and will be revered. 

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