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Anthropologists

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

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József KossicsAuthor · BooksJózsef Kossics, also known in Slovene as Jožef Košič (around October 9, 1788, Bogojina, Austria-Hungary – December 26, 1867, Felsőszölnök), was a Hungarian-Slovenian writer, Catholic…
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 Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
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.
Lars KrutakPhotographer · PhotographyLars Krutak (April 14, 1971) is an American anthropologist, photographer, and writer known for his research about tattoo and its cultural background.
Leopoldo CicognaraArtist · PaintingsCount Leopoldo Cicognara (17 November 1767, in Ferrara – 5 March 1834, in Venice) was an Italian artist, art collector, art historian and bibliophile.
Lev GumilevAuthor · BooksLev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October [O.S.
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.
Li GonglinAuthor · BooksIllustration — Li Gonglin
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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).
Loren EiseleyAuthor · BooksLoren Eiseley (September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977) was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the…
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.
Luigi LanziAuthor · BooksLuigi Antonio Lanzi (13 June 1732 – 31 March 1810) was an Italian Jesuit priest, known for his writings as an art historian and archaeologist.
Luís Cristóvão dos SantosAuthor · BooksLuíz Cristóvão dos Santos was born in Pesqueira, Brazil on 25 December 1916. He was a sociologist, anthropologist, folklorist, columnist, writer, advocate, and journalist.
Mahmood MamdaniAuthor · BooksMahmood Mamdani (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator.
Margaret MeadAuthor · BooksMargaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.
Marija MakarovičPhotographer · PhotographyMarija Makarovič, née Jagodic, (born 15 August 1930) is a Slovene ethnologist.
Marius BarbeauAuthor · BooksCharles Marius Barbeau, FRSC (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C.
Mary Doria RussellAuthor · Books
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.
Michael RockefellerPhotographer · PhotographyMichael Rockefeller was an American anthropologist, photographer, explorer and ethnologist (1938–1961). He was born in Manhattan and died in Asmat.
Miguel CovarrubiasArtist · PaintingsMiguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 – 4 February 1957), was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian.
Miguel León PortillaAuthor · BooksMiguel León-Portilla (22 February 1926 – 1 October 2019) was a Mexican anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras.
Mouloud MammeriAuthor · BooksMouloud Mammeri (Tamazight: Mulud At Mɛammer) was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.
Nasser FakouhiAuthor · BooksNasser Fakouhi (born 13 May 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian anthropologist, writer and translator.
Natalie CurtisPerson · Music memorabiliaNatalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin (26 April 1875 – 23 October 1921) was an American ethnomusicologist.
Nikolay Alexandrovich LvovAuthor · BooksNikolay Aleksandrovich Lvov (May 4, 1753 – December 21, 1803) was a Russian artist of the Age of Enlightenment.
Nora Marks DauenhauerAuthor · BooksNora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer (May 8, 1927 – September 25, 2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska.
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
Otto RahnAuthor · BooksOtto Wilhelm Rahn (18 February 1904 – 13 March 1939) was a German medievalist, Ariosophist, and SS officer who researched Holy Grail myths.
Paul FarmerAuthor · BooksPaul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician.
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.
Pessah Bar-AdonAuthor · BooksPessah Bar-Adon (b. 1985) was a Polish-born Israeli archaeologist and writer.
Peter AleshkovskyAuthor · BooksPyotr Markovich Aleshkovsky (born 22 September 1957) is a Russian writer, historian, broadcaster, television presenter, journalist and archaeologist.
Peter FreuchenAuthor · BooksLorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist.
Pierre FalardeauPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Falardeau (pjɛʁ falaʁdo; December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009) was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.
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 PocockeAuthor · BooksRichard Pococke (19 November 1704 – 25 September 1765) was an English clergyman and writer. He was the Bishop of Ossory (1756–65) and Meath (1765), both dioceses of the Church of Ireland.
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 ElsieAuthor · BooksThe Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic.
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.
Ruth CardosoAuthor · BooksRuth Vilaça Correia Leite Cardoso GCIH (19 September 1930 – 24 June 2008) was a Brazilian anthropologist and a member of the faculty of philosophy, letters and human sciences at the…
Safi FayePerson · Film memorabiliaSafi Faye (November 22, 1943 – February 22, 2023) was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist.
Saul BellowAuthor · BooksSaul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was an American writer.
Sofka ZinovieffArtist · SculptureSofka Euridice Zinovieff (born 1961) is a British author and journalist.
Susan HillerPhotographer · PhotographySusan Hiller (March 7, 1940 – January 28, 2019) was a US-born, British conceptual artist who lived in London, United Kingdom.
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.
Thomas YoungPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Young (13 June 177310 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony,…
Thor HeyerdahlPerson · Film memorabiliaThor Heyerdahl KStJ (6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.
Vertamae GrosvenorAuthor · BooksVertamae Smart-Grosvenor (April 4, 1937 – September 3, 2016) was an American culinary anthropologist, griot, poet, food writer, and broadcaster on public media.
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.
Vyacheslav IvanovAuthor · BooksVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈvanəf; 21 August 1929 – 7 October 2017) was a prominent Soviet and Russian philologist, semiotician and Indo-Europeanist…
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 GrimmAuthor · BooksWilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German writer, philologist and anthropologist.
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…
Wilhelm von HumboldtAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt…
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 JonesAuthor · BooksWilliam Jones was a British and English anthropologist, linguist, judge, translator, poet and writer (1746–1794). He was born in Westminster and died in Kolkata.
William Mitchell RamsayAuthor · BooksWilliam Ramsay (disambiguation)
William Winwood ReadeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Photo of William Winwood Reade published during 1910.
Wolfgang Müller-WienerDesigner · DesignWolfgang Müller-Wiener (Friedrichswerth, Thuringia, 17 May 1923 - Istanbul, Turkey, 25 March 1991) was a German architecture historian, archaeologist and Byzantinist.
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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19th-century anthropologists91
20th-century anthropologists59
American anthropologists33
18th-century anthropologists28
French anthropologists27
Anthropologists from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland22

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