Alfred Kroeber
American cultural anthropologist
Alfred Louis Kroeber was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his PhD under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Columbia. He was also the first professor appointed to the Department... Wikipedia
Born: June 11, 1876, Hoboken, NJ
Died: October 5, 1960 (age 84 years), Paris, France
Children: Karl Kroeber and Ursula K. Le Guin
Spouse: Theodora Kroeber (m. 1926–1960) and Henrietta Rothschild (m. 1906)
Education: Columbia University (1901)
Grandchildren: Elisabeth Le Guin, Caroline Le Guin, and Theo Downes-Le Guin