Gene Weltfish
American anthropologist and historian (1902-1980) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 77
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.
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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
