Franz Boas Papers: Inventory (W-Z) 1862-1942

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Franz Boas Papers: Inventory (W-Z) 1862-1942

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This is part of the large inventory for the Franz Boas Papers (Mss B B61). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

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American Philosophical Society

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Boas, Franz, 1858-1942

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Born in Minden, Germany, on July 8, 1858, the anthropologist Franz Boas was the son of the merchant Meier Boas and his wife, Sophie Meyer. Raised in the radical and tradition of German Judaism, Franz's youth was steeped in politically liberal beliefs and a largely secular outlook that he carried with him from university through his emigration to the United States. At the universities of Heidelberg and Bonn, Boas studied physics and geography before completin...