Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982
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Name (Latin)
Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982
Other forms of name
Drucker, Philip, 1911-
Date of birth
1911-01-13
Date of death
1982-02-28
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Anthropology
Occupation
Anthropologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- American anthropologist, v. 85:p. 897 (Philip Drucker, 1911-1982)
- Drucker, Philip. Indians of the Northwest Coast, 1955:title page (by Philip Drucker, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution) about the author (Philip Drucker anthropologist and authority on aboriginal cultures of the American Northwest; born January 13, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois; doctorate in anthropology from University of California in 1936; staff anthropologist with Bureau of American Ethnology for Smithsonian Institution, 1940-; field-work on Northwest Coast 1933-, made ethnographic study of Nootka Indians in 1935 as a Social Science Research Council predoctoral fellow, and ethnographic survey of Northwest Coast for University of California program in "Culture Element Distribution" in 1936; 1938, post-doctoral fellow with National Research Council, made archaeological survey of Northwest Coast; also made archaeological investigations in southern Mexico; author of many anthropological studies)
- 03 Mar 1982, Wed., page 10 (Dr. Philip Drucker dies; was cultural researcher; retired from University of Kentucky in 1976; died at home [Lexington, Kentucky] Sunday [February 28, 1982]; 71 years old; wrote 14 books and monographs; authority on Indian culture of Northwest coast and on cultural history of Mexico; served as assistant curator of U.S. National Museum and spent several years with Bureau of American Ethnology in Smithsonian Institution; in 1955 returned to study of Mexican cultural history and established cattle ranch in Veracruz, Mexico; 1967 returned to US to accept post at University of Kentucky; recently conducting research in Robertson County for the National Institute for Aging ( (Newspapers.com, The Courier-journal (Louisville, Kentucky), viewed March 15, 2021:) )
- His Southern California, 1937.