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Jeremiah Curtin

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American folklorist (1835-1906)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1835 to 1906 · aged 71
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Jeremiah Curtin was an American ethnographer, folklorist, and translator. Curtin had an abiding interest in languages and was conversant with several. From 1883 to 1891 he was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology as a field researcher documenting the customs and mythologies of various Native American tribes.

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
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Lived 1835 to 1906 · aged 71
Written about in
6 languages

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