Cultural anthropologist, born in Kiev, Russia. The son of a lawyer who brought his family to the USA in 1900, he graduated from Columbia University in 1902, studied with Franz Boas, and received a PhD in 1910. He helped launch the multi-volume Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, and lectured and wrote on race, sex, cultural diffusion, and psychoanalysis, but he never held a full-time academic post. His principal works were Early Civilization (1922) and History, Psychology and Culture (1933).
For other Alexander Goldenweisers, see Alexander Goldenweiser.Alexander Aleksandrovich Goldenweiser (January 29, 1880, Kiev - 1940) was a Ukraine-born U.S. anthropologist and sociologist.
Biography
Alexander Alexandrovich Goldenweiser was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1880. He studied Anthropology under Franz Boas, and earned his AB degree from Columbia University in 1902, his AM degree in 1904, and his PhD in 1910.
In addition to many books, articles, and reviews, Professor Goldenweiser taught at the following institutions: Lecturer, Anthropology, Columbia University, 1910-1919; Professor, Thought and Culture, Oregon State System of Higher Education, Portland Extension, 1930-1938; An analytical study, 1910 Anthropology, An Introduction to Primitive Culture, 1937 Early civilization, An Introduction to Anthropology, 1922 History, psychology and culture, 1937
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