Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958

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Name (Latin)
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Other forms of name
nnaa Swanton, John R
Date of birth
1873-02-19
Date of death
1958-05-02
Field of activity
Anthropology
Ethnohistory
Ethnology
Linguistics
Occupation
Anthropologists
Authors
Ethnologists
Linguists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 41912840
Wikidata: Q2500127
Library of congress: n 79023342
Sources of Information
  • OCLC, February 5 2015(hdg.: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958; usage: John R. Swanton)
  • Wikipedia, April 3, 2019:(John Reed Swanton (February 19, 1873-May 2, 1958) was an American anthropologist, folklorist, and linguist who worked with Native American peoples throughout the United States. Swanton achieved recognition in the fields of ethnology and ethnohistory. He is particularly noted for his work with indigenous peoples of the Southeast and Pacific Northwest; Born in Gardiner, Maine; Harvard University, earning an A.B. in 1896, an A.M. in 1897, and a Ph.D. in 1900; Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; died in Newton, Massachusetts)
  • His Haida texts and myths, 1905.
  • LC PreMARC file(hdg.: Swanton, John R.)