German-American anthropologist and linguist regarded as a founder of modern American anthropology. Boas established the four-field approach integrating physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology and linguistics, directed the first PhD program in American anthropology at Columbia University from 1899, and argued that variation in language and culture reflects historical circumstance rather than evolutionary rank.
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RoleAnthropologist and linguist; pioneer of the four-field approach and of descriptive Native American linguistics 1 Franz Boas
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Sapir enrolled in an advanced anthropology seminar taught by Boas at Columbia, which redirected his career toward the description of Native American languages.
Source Wikipedia: Edward Sapir
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Boas trained in the German tradition of philology and anthropology that carried forward Humboldt's ideas about language and thought before bringing them into American linguistics.
Source Wikipedia: Wilhelm von Humboldt
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German-American anthropologist and linguist regarded as a founder of modern American anthropology.
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He also enrolled in an advanced anthropology seminar taught by Franz Boas, a course that would completely change the direction of his career.
Wikipedia: Wilhelm von Humboldt
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