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Herman Karl Haeberlin

Herman Karl Haeberlin

American-born German anthropologist


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[by whom?] 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.

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References

  1. 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).



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