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Henry Schoolcraft

American anthropologist (1793-1864) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 71

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River.

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He is also noted for his major six-volume study of Native Americans commissioned by Congress and published in the 1850s.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1793 to 1864 · aged 71