Angulo, Jaime de

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1887

Death 1950

Language: North American Indian languages, English,

Biographical notes:

Born Jan. 29, 1887 in Paris, France, of Spanish expatriate parents; came to US, 1905; studied medicine at Cooper Union Medical School, and in 1908 transferred to Johns Hopkins; conducted research at Stanford Univ, where his interests turned to anthropology and linguistics, and he studied Pit River (Achomawi) Indians of Northern CA; wrote two novels, Don Bartolomeo (1922) and The Reata (late 1920s), as well as some children's stories and poetry; also wrote a book about his first linguistic field trip to the Achomawi Indian tribe, Indians in overalls (1950); hired in 1927 by the Committee on Research in Native American Languages to study the languages of Northern CA; corresponded with Ezra Pound, 1948-50; was diagnosed with cancer in 1948 and died Oct. 1950.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1890-1982. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38060760

Howard Berman is a linguist.

From the guide to the Miwok myths, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society)

Biography

Born January 29, 1887 in Paris, France, of Spanish expatriate parents; came to U.S., 1905; studied medicine at Cooper Union Medical School, and in 1908 transferred to Johns Hopkins; conducted research at Stanford University, where his interests turned to anthropology and linguistics, and he studied Pit River (Achomawi) Indians of Northern California; wrote two novels, Don Bartolomeo (1922) and The Reata (late 1920s), as well as some children's stories and poetry; also wrote a book about his first linguistic field trip to the Achomawi Indian tribe, Indians in Overalls (1950); hired in 1927 by the Committee on Research in Native American Languages to study the languages of Northern California; corresponded with Ezra Pound, 1948-50; was diagnosed with cancer in 1948 and died October 1950.

From the guide to the Jaime de Angulo Papers, ca. 1890-1982, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)