93,772 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Gene Weltfish

✓ Source-basedrising

American anthropologist and historian (1902-1980)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1902 to 1980 · aged 77
Compare
Fame40.9
Momentum15.0
Languages6
In century#232,240

Gene Weltfish was an American anthropologist and historian working at Columbia University from 1928 to 1953. She had studied with Franz Boas and was a specialist in the culture and history of the Pawnee people of the Midwest Plains.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Academics from United States 6

Jerry L. Bona40.9Robert Hillyer40.9Alvin Saunders Johnson40.9John Ogbu40.9Edwin Diller Starbuck40.9Caroline L. Ransom40.9

About this person

Gene Weltfish was an American anthropologist and historian working at Columbia University from 1928 to 1953. She had studied with Franz Boas and was a specialist in the culture and history of the Pawnee people of the Midwest Plains. Her 1965 ethnography, The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture, is considered the authoritative work on Pawnee culture to this day.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1980 · aged 77
Written about in
6 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.