Franz Boas
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Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Franz Boas canonical | 66 |
| Boasian anthropology | 1 |
| Franz Uri Boas | 1 |
| linguist Franz Boas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Franz Boas Context triple: [Wilhelm von Humboldt, influenced, Franz Boas]
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Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
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Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
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E.
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Franz Boas Target entity description: Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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A.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
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B.
Erich Neumann
Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
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C.
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
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D.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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E.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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anthropologist ⓘ ethnologist ⓘ human ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| birthName |
Franz Boas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Franz Uri Boas
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| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child | Franziska Boas ⓘ |
| citizenship |
German Empire
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Germany
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| dateOfBirth | 1858-07-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-12-21 ⓘ |
| describedAs | father of American anthropology ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | color perception in seawater ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bonn
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Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
University of Kiel ⓘ |
| employer |
American Museum of Natural History (original buildings)
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surface form:
American Museum of Natural History
Columbia University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German Jews ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ folkloristics ⓘ linguistic anthropology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alfred L. Kroeber
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Ashley Montagu ⓘ Edward Sapir ⓘ Leslie Spier ⓘ Margaret Mead ⓘ Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ Paul Radin ⓘ Ralph Linton ⓘ Ruth Benedict ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Adolf Bastian
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Rudolf Virchow ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Franz Boas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Boasian anthropology
critiquing scientific racism ⓘ developing cultural relativism ⓘ field-based ethnographic research ⓘ founding American cultural anthropology ⓘ promoting historical particularism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Anthropological Association ⓘ |
| movement | Boasian school of anthropology ⓘ |
| name | Franz Boas self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anthropology and Modern Life
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Handbook of American Indian Languages ⓘ Kwakiutl Ethnography ⓘ Race, Language and Culture ⓘ The Mind of Primitive Man ⓘ |
| opposed |
biological determinism
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scientific racism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Westphalia
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surface form:
Minden, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld |
president of the American Anthropological Association
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president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ professor of anthropology at Columbia University ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Indigenous peoples of North America
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surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Inuit ⓘ
surface form:
Inuit communities of Baffin Island
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) culture ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie Krackowizer ⓘ |
| theory |
cultural relativism
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historical particularism ⓘ |
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Subject: Franz Boas Description of subject: Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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