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Also Known As Leslie Alvin White
Born January 19, 1900 • Colorado
Died March 31, 1975 (aged 75) • California
Subjects Of Study culturology • cultural evolution
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Lewis Henry Morgan
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Robert Redfield
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Elman Rogers Service
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Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
British anthropologist
Sir James George Frazer
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Leo Frobenius
Leo Frobenius
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Gustav Friedrich Klemm
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Franz Boas
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Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
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Margaret Mead
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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
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Elsie Clews Parsons.
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Katherine Dunham
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Pearl Primus
Pearl Primus
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Edward Sapir and colleagues from the University of Chicago
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