Herman Karl Haeberlin
Herman Karl Haeberlin | |
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| Born | September 11, 1891 |
| Died | February 12, 1918 (aged 26) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropologist, linguist |
Herman Karl Haeberlin (11 September 1890, in Akron, Ohio – 12 February 1918)[1] was a German-American anthropologist and linguist, who, before his death at 26, was considered to be one of the most brilliant students of Franz Boas. His work mainly focused on the Salish people and Salishan languages, in particular Lushootseed, Coeur d'Alène and Nuxalk.
References
- ^ Boas, Franz (1919). "In Memoriam: Herman Karl Haeberlin". American Anthropologist. 21 (1): 71–74. doi:10.1525/aa.1919.21.1.02a00070. ISSN 1548-1433.
- Jay Miller: Regaining Dr. Hermann Haeberlin. Early Anthropology and Museology in Puget Sound, 1916–1917 (Lushootseed Press, 2007).