Encyclopedia subject

Anthropologists

205 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…
Alan LomaxPerson · Film memorabiliaAlan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century.
Albert Sánchez PiñolAuthor · Books
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.
Alice RobertsAuthor · BooksAlice May Roberts FRSB (born 19 May 1973) is a British academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author.
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.
Ami BouéAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmi Boué (16 March 1794 – 21 November 1881) was a geologist of French Huguenot origin. Ami Boué was born at Hamburg, he was trained in Edinburgh and across Europe.
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,…
Andreas GruschkePhotographer · PhotographyAndreas Gruschke (April 16, 1960 in Tengen-Blumenfeld – January 30, 2018) was a German author, photographer and Tibet researcher.
Anita Álvarez de WilliamsPhotographer · PhotographyAnita Álvarez de Williams (born 1931) is an American anthropologist, photographer and historian Mexicali-based expert on the Cocopah who wrote the first full-length synthesis of…
Antonio Núñez JiménezPhotographer · PhotographyAntonio Núñez Jiménez was a Cuban geographer, speleologist, archaeologist, scientist and revolutionary.
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.
Ashraf GhaniAuthor · BooksMohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was…
Attila GrandpierrePerson · Music memorabiliaAttila Grandpierre (Grandpierre Attila; born 4 July 1951) is a Hungarian musician, astrophysicist, physicist, self-taught historian, writer and poet.
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.
Aya DomenigPerson · Film memorabiliaAya Domenig (born 1972) is a filmmaker and anthropologist of Japanese–Swiss origin.
B. B. LalAuthor · BooksBraj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022) was an Indian archaeologist, Professor and author.
Benedict AndersonAuthor · BooksBenedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States.
Benjamin MazarAuthor · BooksBenjamin Mazar (born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists.
Berit WallenbergPhotographer · PhotographyAnna Berit Wallenberg (19 February 1902 – 4 September 1995) was a Swedish archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, photographer, and philanthropist.
Bruno LatourAuthor · BooksBruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Carlos de Sigüenza y GóngoraAuthor · Maps and atlasesCarlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (August 14, 1645 – August 22, 1700), considered one of the first great intellectuals born in the Americas, was the Spanish viceroy of New Spain (Mexico City).
Chad OliverAuthor · BooksSymmes Chadwick Oliver (March 30, 1928 – August 9, 1993) was an American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer.
Chahdortt DjavannAuthor · BooksChahdortt Djavann (born 1967) is an Iranian-born French contemporary writer, novelist, and essayist. Her works often touch on topics such as identity and memory;
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.
Claude Lévi-StraussPhotographer · PhotographyClaude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009)[4][5] was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of…
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.
Daniel VidartAuthor · BooksDaniel Vidart (October 7, 1920 in Paysandú – May 14, 2019) was a Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist.
David Dean ShulmanAuthor · BooksDavid Dean Shulman (born January 13, 1949) is an Israeli Indologist, poet and peace activist, known for his work on the history of religion in South India, Indian poetics, Tamil Islam,…
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…
Dian FosseyAuthor · BooksDian Fossey (January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her…
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…
Edme-François JomardAuthor · Maps and atlasesEdme-François Jomard (lang; 1777 – September 22, 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist.
Edward Burnett TylorAuthor · Books
Edward S. MorseAuthor · BooksEdward Morse (disambiguation)Edward Morse
Eigil KnuthArtist · SculptureCount Eigil Knuth (8 August 190312 March 1996) was a Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor (elder statesman) of Danish polar explorers.
Elisabeth Krämer-BannowPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow
Elisabeth PauliIllustrator · IllustrationElisabeth Charlotte Pauli (Cologne, 1906 – Frankfurt am Main, 1984) was an artist and ethnographer working at the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main.
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.
Fiona GrahamPerson · Film memorabiliaFiona Caroline Graham (16 September 1961 – 26 January 2023) was an Australian anthropologist working as a geisha in Japan.
Fosco MarainiAuthor · BooksFosco Maraini (15 November 1912 – 8 June 2004) was an Italian photographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, writer, mountaineer and academic.
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.
Frans Balthazar SolvynsEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Self-portrait
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…
Gary ChapmanAuthor · BooksHe was born in Winston-Salem.
Georg Friedrich CreuzerAuthor · BooksGeorg Friedrich Creuzer (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkʁɔʏtsɐ]; 10 March 1771 – 6 February 1858) was a German philologist and archaeologist.
George Bird GrinnellAuthor · BooksGeorge Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer.
George DevereuxAuthor · BooksIllustration — George Devereux
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.
Gertrude BlomPhotographer · PhotographyGertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom (born Gertrude Elisabeth Lörtscher; July 7, 1901 – December 23, 1993) was a Swiss journalist, social anthropologist, and documentary photographer who spent five…
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.
Gian Rinaldo CarliAuthor · BooksGian Rinaldo Carli (11 April 1720 – 22 February 1795), also known by other names, was a Venetian economist, historian, and antiquarian.
Gilberto FreyreAuthor · BooksGilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife.
Giulio AngioniAuthor · BooksGiulio Angioni (28 October 1939 – 12 January 2017) was an Italian writer and anthropologist.
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.
Hans SchleifDesigner · DesignHans Philipp Oswald Schleif (23 February 1902 in Wiesbaden – 27 April 1945 in Berlin) was a German architect, architectural and classical archaeologist and member of the SS (member number…
Heinrich KohlDesigner · DesignHeinrich Kohl (4 May 1877, Kreuznach – 26 September 1914, Moronvilliers) was a German architectural historian and archaeologist.
Henry HarpendingAuthor · BooksHenry Cosad Harpending (January 13, 1944 – April 3, 2016) was an American anthropologist and distinguished professor at the University of Utah, best known for his 2009 book The 10,000 Year…
Henry Home, Lord KamesAuthor · BooksHenry Home, Lord Kames (1696–27 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution.
Herbert SpencerAuthor · BooksHerbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist.
Hester StanhopeAuthor · BooksLady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
Ibn KhaldunAuthor · BooksIbn Khaldūn (27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
İbrahim MüteferrikaAuthor · BooksIbrahim Muteferrika (İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run…
Ifi AmadiumeAuthor · BooksIfi Amadiume was born on April 23, 1947. She is a Nigerian poet, anthropologist, and essayist.
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.
Immanuel KantAuthor · BooksImmanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher.
Italo GismondiDesigner · DesignIllustration — Gismondi's model of Rome in the time of Constantine
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesAuthor · BooksJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (uklang), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his…
Jalal Al-e-AhmadAuthor · BooksSeyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad (2 December 19239 September 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, sociologist, as well as an…
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 StuartArtist · PaintingsJames "Athenian" Stuart (1713 – 2 February 1788) was a British archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for publishing carefully measured architectural prints, including the smallest…
James TeitPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Portrait of James Teit
Jan PotockiAuthor · BooksCount Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a…
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.
Jean RouchPhotographer · PhotographyJean Rouch (lang; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.
Jean-Baptiste ViettyArtist · SculptureIllustration — Vietty's Apollino (Musée des Beaux-Arts of Lyon)
Jean-Jacques BarthélemyAuthor · BooksJean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French Catholic clergyman, archaeologist, numismatologist and scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct…
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).
Jeremy NarbyAuthor · BooksJeremy Narby (born 1959 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian anthropologist and author.
Joanne GreenbergAuthor · BooksJoanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of her work under the pen name of Hannah Green.
Johan HuizingaArtist · PaintingsJohan Huizinga (lang; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.
Johan NieuhofIllustrator · IllustrationJohan Nieuhof (22 July 1618 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India.
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 AubreyAuthor · Books
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 M. AllegroPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
John Savage BollesDesigner · DesignJohn Savage Bolles (June 25, 1905 – March 5, 1983) was an American architect. He was most active in San Francisco, and the designer of Candlestick Park.
John Turtle WoodDesigner · DesignJohn Turtle Wood (13 February 1821 – 25 March 1890) was an English architect, engineer and archaeologist.
José María ArguedasPerson · Film memorabiliaJosé María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist.

Related subjects

19th-century anthropologists91
20th-century anthropologists59
American anthropologists33
18th-century anthropologists28
French anthropologists27
Anthropologists from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland22

All subjects Return to the Encyclopedia