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19th-century anthropologists

106 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adolf BastianAuthor · BooksAdolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 18262 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of…
Alexander KoshetzPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Antonovich Koshetz (also transliterated as Oleksandr Antonovych Koshyts;
Alexandra David-NéelAuthor · BooksAlexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer.[1]…
Alfred Percival MaudslayPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Alfred Percival Maudslay, interior of southern chamber, Casa de Monjas at Chichen Itza, 1889
Alfred Russel WallaceAuthor · BooksAlfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and illustrator.
Alfredo ChaveroAuthor · BooksAlfredo Chavero (1841–1906) was a Mexican archaeologist, politician, poet, and dramatist.
Alpheus Hyatt VerrillPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Hyatt Verrill c.
Alphonse BertillonPhotographer · PhotographyAlphonse Bertillon (lang; 22 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law…
Amelia EdwardsIllustrator · IllustrationAmelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.
Amvrosy MetlinskyAuthor · BooksAmvrosy Metlinsky (romanized: Amvrosii Metlynskyi; 1814 in Sary, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire – 29 July 1870 in Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian poet,…
Arnold Henry Savage LandorArtist · PaintingsArnold Henry Savage Landor (2 June 1865 – 26 December 1924) was an English painter, explorer, writer, and anthropologist.
Arthur de GobineauArtist · SculptureArthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau (Joseph Arthur de Gobineau; 14 July 1816 – 13 October 1882) was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race…
Arthur Maurice HocartPhotographer · PhotographyArthur Maurice Hocart (26 April 1883, in Etterbeek, Belgium – 9 March 1939, in Cairo, Egypt) was an anthropologist best known for his eccentric and often far-seeing works on Polynesia,…
Arvid GenetzAuthor · BooksArvid Genetz was a politician, anthropologist, poet, linguist, folklorist and university teacher (1848–1915). He was born in Impilahti and died in Helsinki.
Austen Henry LayardArtist · PaintingsSir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 18175 July 1894) was a British Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat.
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Christianus Cornelius UhlenbeckPhotographer · PhotographyChristianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck (18 October 1866 – 12 August 1951) was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist with a wide variety of research interests.
Clarence Bloomfield MoorePhotographer · PhotographyClarence Bloomfield Moore (January 14, 1852 – March 24, 1936), more commonly known as C.B. Moore, was an American archaeologist and writer.
Claudius Henricus de GoejeAuthor · Maps and atlasesClaudius Henricus de Goeje (4 May 1879 – 8 June 1955) was a Dutch Navy officer and cartographer, who took a special interest in the Wayana and Tiriyó peoples he encountered on his…
Daniel Garrison BrintonAuthor · BooksDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archeologist, ethnologist, and surgeon.
Désiré CharnayPhotographer · PhotographyClaude-Joseph Désiré Charnay (2 May 182824 October 1915) was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use…
Diamond JennessPhotographer · PhotographyDiamond Jenness, FRCGS (February 10, 1886, Wellington, New Zealand – November 29, 1969, Chelsea, Quebec, Canada) was one of Canada's greatest early scientists and a pioneer of Canadian…
E. A. Wallis BudgeAuthor · BooksSir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 185723 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous…
Edward Burnett TylorAuthor · Books
Edward S. MorseAuthor · BooksEdward Morse (disambiguation)Edward Morse
Elisabeth Krämer-BannowPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow
Emilie Demant HattArtist · PaintingsEmilie Demant Hatt (sometimes Emilie Demant-Hatt, or Emilie Demant; née Emilie Demant Hansen) (21 January 1873 – 4 December 1958) was a Danish artist, writer, ethnographer, and folklorist.
Ernst CurtiusAuthor · BooksErnst Curtius (2 September 181411 July 1896) was a German archaeologist, historian and museum director.
Eugène FlandinIllustrator · IllustrationJean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin (15 August 1809 in Naples – 29 September 1889 in Tours), French orientalist, painter, archaeologist, and politician.
Eugène LefébureAuthor · BooksEugène Lefébure (11 November 1838 – 9 April 1908) was a French Egyptologist born in Prunoy.
Felix BrykAuthor · BooksFelix Bryk (21 January 1882, in Vienna – 13 January 1957, in Stockholm) was a Swedish anthropologist, entomologist and writer.
Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesFerdynand Antoni Ossendowski (fɛrˈdɨnant anˈtɔɲi ɔssɛnˈdɔfskʲi; 27 May 1876 – 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist.
Filaret KolessaPerson · Music memorabiliaFilaret Mykhailovych Kolessa (17 July 18713 March 1947) was a Ukrainian composer, ethnographer, folklorist, musicologist and literary critic.
Francis Edgar WilliamsPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — F.E. Williams in Papua
Francis GaltonPhotographer · PhotographySir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era;
François-Marie LuzelAuthor · BooksFrançois-Marie Luzel (6 June 1821 – 26 February 1895), often known by his Breton name Fañch an Uhel, was a French folklorist and Breton-language poet.
Frederick Bligh BondIllustrator · IllustrationFrederick Bligh Bond (30 June 1864 – 8 March 1945), was an English architect, illustrator, archaeologist, psychical researcher and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.
Gabriel von MaxArtist · PaintingsGabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (23 August 1840 in Prague, Kingdom of Austria – 24 November 1915 in Munich) was a Prague-born Austrian-German painter, and professor of history painting at…
George Bird GrinnellAuthor · BooksGeorge Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer.
George GroslierPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Groslier (February 4, 1887 – June 18, 1945) was a French polymath who – through his work as a painter, writer, historian, archaeologist, ethnologist, architect, photographer and…
George Herbert, 5th Earl of CarnarvonPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the…
Gerald GardnerAuthor · BooksGerald Brosseau Gardner (13 June 1884 – 12 February 1964), also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, author, and amateur anthropologist and archaeologist.
Giacomo BoniDesigner · DesignGiacomo Boni (25 April 1859 – 10 July 1925) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture. He is most famous for his work in the Roman Forum.
Gottlieb SchumacherAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gottlieb Schumacher
Guido von ListAuthor · BooksGuido Karl Anton List (5 October 1848 – 17 May 1919), better known as Guido von List, was an Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist.
Guo MoruoAuthor · Books
Gustaf KossinnaAuthor · BooksGustaf Kossinna (28 September 1858 – 20 December 1931) was a German philologist and archaeologist who was Professor of German Archaeology at the University of Berlin.
Gustav BrühlAuthor · BooksGustav Brühl (born 31 May 1826 in Herdorf, Prussia; died 16 February 1903 in Cincinnati) was an American physician, poet and archaeologist.
Hans F. K. GüntherAuthor · BooksHans Friedrich Karl Günther (16 February 1891 – 25 September 1968), popularly known as Hans F. K.
Heinrich KohlDesigner · DesignHeinrich Kohl (4 May 1877, Kreuznach – 26 September 1914, Moronvilliers) was a German architectural historian and archaeologist.
Herbert SpencerAuthor · BooksHerbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist.
Ilmari ManninenAuthor · BooksIlmari Justus Andreus Manninen (2 September 1894 – 14 June 1935) was a Finnish professor, writer and ethnographer. He led the Estonian National Museum when it opened at Raadi Manor.
Italo GismondiDesigner · DesignIllustration — Gismondi's model of Rome in the time of Constantine
James MooneyAuthor · BooksJames Mooney (February 10, 1861 – December 22, 1921) was an American ethnographer who worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology for thirty-six years and studied North American,…
James TeitPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Portrait of James Teit
Jane DieulafoyPhotographer · PhotographyJane Dieulafoy (29 June 1851 – 25 May 1916) was a French archaeologist, explorer, novelist, feminist and journalist. She was the wife of Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy.
Jens Jacob Asmussen WorsaaeAuthor · BooksJens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (14 March 1821 – 15 August 1885) was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865–1874).
Johan HuizingaArtist · PaintingsJohan Huizinga (lang; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.
Johannes François SnellemanPhotographer · PhotographyJohannes François Snelleman (26 December 1852 – 18 May 1938) was a Dutch zoologist, orientalist, ethnographer and museum director. He was a son of Christiaan Snelleman and Sara Lacombe.
John Henry HaynesPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Henry Haynes (27 January 1849 – 29 June 1910) was an American traveller, archaeologist and photographer, best known for his work at the first two American archaeological excavations in…
John Turtle WoodDesigner · DesignJohn Turtle Wood (13 February 1821 – 25 March 1890) was an English architect, engineer and archaeologist.
Juan GalindoArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Juan Galindo
Julien TiersotPerson · Music memorabiliaJulien Tiersot (5 July 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse (Rhône-Alpes) – 10 August 1936 in Paris), was a French musicologist, composer and a pioneer in ethnomusicology.
Karl BötticherDesigner · DesignKarl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher (29 May 1806, Nordhausen – 19 June 1889, Berlin) was a German archaeologist who specialized in architecture.
Karl von den SteinenAuthor · BooksKarl von den Steinen (born March 7, 1855, in Mülheim, died November 4, 1929, in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German physician (with emphasis in psychiatry), ethnologist, explorer, and author…
Kunio YanagitaAuthor · BooksKunio Yanagita was a Japanese author, scholar, ethnographer, and folklorist. He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions.
Lewis H. MorganAuthor · BooksLewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was an American anthropologist and social theorist, who worked as a railroad lawyer.
Liu EAuthor · Books
Llewellynn JewittEngraver · PrintsLlewellynn Frederick William Jewitt (or Llewellyn; 24November 18165June 1886) was a British illustrator, engraver, natural scientist and author of The Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878).
Lucien Lévy-BruhlAuthor · BooksLucien Lévy-Bruhl (10 April 1857 – 13 March 1939) was a French scholar trained in philosophy who furthered anthropology with his contributions to the budding fields of sociology and…
Ludwig FeuerbachAuthor · BooksLudwig Andreas Feuerbach (lang; 28 July 1804 – 13 September 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians.
Marius BarbeauAuthor · BooksCharles Marius Barbeau, FRSC (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C.
Mary KingsleyAuthor · BooksMary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential…
Maurice GlaizeDesigner · DesignIllustration — Maurice Glaize
Max Karl TilkeIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Self-portrait of Max Tilke at the opening of "The Hungry Pegasus" (Berlin 1901)
Melchior de VogüéAuthor · BooksMarie-Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic.
Natalie CurtisPerson · Music memorabiliaNatalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin (26 April 1875 – 23 October 1921) was an American ethnomusicologist.
Oscar AlmgrenPhotographer · PhotographyOscar Almgren (9 November 1869 – 13 May 1945) was a Swedish archaeologist specializing in prehistoric archaeology. He published a dissertation on Nordic types of brooches in 1897.
Oscar Ferdinand PeschelAuthor · BooksOscar Ferdinand Peschel (17 March 1826, Dresden – 13 August 1875, Leipzig) was a German geographer and anthropologist.
Oskar KolbergPerson · Music memorabiliaHenryk Oskar Kolberg (22 February 1814 – 3 June 1890) was a Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer active in Partitioned Poland.
Osman Hamdi BeyArtist · Paintings
Pavlo ChubynskyiAuthor · BooksPavlo Platonovych Chubynskyi (1839 – January 26, 1884), also anglicized as Paul Chubinsky, was a Ukrainian poet and ethnographer, best known as the author of the lyrics to the national…
Percy FawcettAuthor · BooksPercy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer/surveyor, archaeologist and explorer of South America.
Peter FreuchenAuthor · BooksLorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinAuthor · BooksPierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic and teacher.
Pierre TrémauxDesigner · DesignPierre Trémaux (20 July 1818 – 12 March 1895) was a French architect, Orientalist photographer and author of numerous scientific and ethnographic publications.
Ricardo Velázquez BoscoDesigner · DesignRicardo Velázquez Bosco (1843–1923) was a Spanish architect, archaeologist and scholar.
Richard Francis BurtonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Richard Popplewell PullanDesigner · DesignRichard Popplewell Pullan was an architect and brother-in-law of William Burges. He is known for his work in archaeology including the discovery of the Lion of Knidos.
Robert HartmannAuthor · BooksRobert Hartmann (disambiguation)Robert Hartmann
Roderick FlanaganAuthor · BooksRoderick Flanagan (1 April 1828 – 13 March 1862) was an Irish historian, anthropologist, poet, newspaper proprietor, and journalist.
Roman GhirshmanPhotographer · PhotographyRoman Ghirshman was a French anthropologist, archaeologist, art historian, explorer, photographer and university teacher (1895–1979). He was born in Kharkiv and died in Budapest.
T. E. LawrenceAuthor · BooksThomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine…
Teoberto MalerPhotographer · PhotographyTeobert Maler, later Teoberto (12 January 1842 – 22 November 1917), was an explorer who devoted his energies to documenting the ruins of the Maya civilization.
Theodora KroeberAuthor · BooksTheodora Kroeber (Theodora Covel Kracaw; March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979) was an American writer and anthropologist, best known for her accounts of several Native Californian cultures.
Vladimir BogorazAuthor · BooksVladimir Germanovich Bogoraz (Russian: Влади́мир Ге́рманович Богора́з), born Natan Mendelevich Bogoraz (Russian: Ната́н Ме́нделевич Богора́з) and used the literary pseudonym N. A.
Vladimir ProppAuthor · BooksVladimir Yakovlevich Propp (29 April 1895 – 22 August 1970) was a Russian and Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify…
Volodymyr HnatiukAuthor · BooksVolodymyr Mykhailovych Hnatiuk (9 May 1871 – 6 October 1926) was a writer, literary scholar, translator, journalist, and one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers.
Walter AndraeDesigner · DesignIllustration — Walter Andrae.
Wilhelm DörpfeldDesigner · DesignWilhelm Dörpfeld (26 December 1853 – 25 April 1940) was a German architect and archaeologist, a pioneer of stratigraphic excavation and precise graphical documentation of archaeological…
Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel BleekPhotographer · PhotographyWilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (8 March 1827 – 17 August 1875) was a German linguist who lived in the Cape Colony (modern-day South Africa) and developed a particular interest for the…
William James SidisAuthor · BooksWilliam James Sidis (April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with mathematical and linguistic skills. He was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author.
William Mitchell RamsayAuthor · BooksWilliam Ramsay (disambiguation)
William Winwood ReadeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Photo of William Winwood Reade published during 1910.
Yakiv HolovatskyAuthor · BooksYakiv Holovatsky (Yakov Golovatsky; 17 October 1814 – 13 May 1888) was a Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, poet and leader of…
Zora Neale HurstonPerson · Film memorabiliaZora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker.

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