Mantz, Charles A., 1892-1970.

Charles Armstrong Mantz, lawyer, polyglot and Curator of Asiatic Anthropology and Archeology at the Denver Museum of Natural History (DMNH), conducted several archeological expeditions to Asia, bringing his knowledge back to Denver. DMNH is now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Mantz was born in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1892. He received his early education in private schools, attended Colorado College and later studied law and graduated from the University of Denver. He did post-graduate work at Harvard University and also at universities in Europe, China and Japan. Through those experiences, he learned to speak French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. He practiced corporate law until 1932, when he entered the field of international law. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Foreign Service as a diplomatic liaison officer of the American Mission and as clerk of the Supreme Tribunal in Tokyo. He also served as legal counsel to the Secretariat in Tokyo and as counselor on international law to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which tried major Asian war criminals following the war. Mantz's avocations were anthropology and archaeology. In addition to serving as Curator of Asiatic Anthropology at DMNH from1937-1943, he worked as a research fellow at several other museums and conducted expeditions to Central America, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria and Korea. In 1938, he was in the process of trying to promote the cooperation of Japanese and American scientists in the study of the ancestors of the North American Indians when politics forced him to leave the country. Mantz died in 1970.

Charles Armstrong Mantz, lawyer, polyglot and curator of Asiatic anthropology and archeology at the Denver Museum of Natural History (DMNH), conducted several archeological expeditions to Asia, bringing his knowledge back to Denver. DMNH is now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

Mantz was born in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1892. He received his early education in private schools, attended Colorado College and later studied law and graduated from the University of Denver. He did post-graduate work at Harvard University and also at universities in Europe, China and Japan. Through those experiences, he learned to speak French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.

He practiced corporate law until 1932, when he entered the field of international law. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Foreign Service as a diplomatic liaison officer of the American Mission and as clerk of the Supreme Tribunal in Tokyo. He also served as legal counsel to the Secretariat in Tokyo and as counselor on international law to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which tried major Asian war criminals following the war.

Mantz's avocations were anthropology and archaeology. In addition to serving as curator of Asiatic anthropology at DMNH from 1937-1943, he worked as a research fellow at several other museums and conducted expeditions to Central America, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria and Korea. In 1938, he was in the process of trying to promote the cooperation of Japanese and American scientists in the study of the ancestors of the North American Indians when politics forced him to leave the country.

Mantz died in 1970.