1910s in anthropology

Last updated

Timeline of anthropology, 1910–1919

Contents

Events

1911

1915

Publications

Births

1911

1914

1915

1916

1918

Deaths

1914

1915

1916

1918

Related Research Articles

Ishi Last of the Native American Yahi people

Ishi was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. The rest of the Yahi were killed in the California genocide in the 19th century. Ishi, who was widely acclaimed as the "last wild Indian" in the United States, lived most of his life isolated from modern American culture. In 1911, aged 50, he emerged at a barn and corral, 2 mi (3.2 km) from downtown Oroville, California.

Theodora Kroeber American anthropologist

Theodora Covel Kracaw Kroeber Quinn was an American writer and anthropologist, best known for her accounts of several Native Californian cultures. Born in Denver, Colorado, Kroeber grew up in the mining town of Telluride, before enrolling in the University of California, Berkeley, for undergraduate and graduate studies. Married once in 1921 and widowed in 1923, in 1926 she married anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber. She had two children with Kroeber, and two others from her first marriage. The Kroebers traveled together to many of Alfred's field sites, including an archaeological dig in Peru. Nine years after Alfred's death in 1960, Theodora Kroeber married artist John Quinn.

Allies of World War I Countries that fought against the Central Powers

The Allies of World War I or Entente Powers were a coalition of countries led by France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and their colonies during the First World War (1914–1918).

Professor Craig Kennedy is a character created by Arthur B. Reeve.

Carlyle Blackwell American silent film actor and a minor director and producer

Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor, director and producer.

Harry Benham American actor

Harry Benham was an American silent film actor.

George Periolat American actor

George Periolat was an American actor.

George Hernandez

George Hernandez I was an American silent film actor.

Fred Huntley was an English silent film actor and director.

Edwin August American actor

Edwin August Phillip von der Butz was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era.

Allied leaders of World War I

The Allied leaders of World War I were the political and military figures that fought for or supported the Allies during World War I.

Jan van Dommelen Dutch actor

Jan van Dommelen was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 44 films between 1911 and 1939.

Takekichi Sugai was a Japanese dermatologist. He was the first chief doctor at Sotojima Hoyoen Sanatorium (1909–1923) and wrote many papers on leprosy. Sotojima Hoyoen was a public leprosy sanatorium present in Osaka Prefecture between 1909 and 1934.

Hepworth Picture Plays was a British film production company active during the silent era. Founded in 1897 by the cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth, it was based at Walton Studios west of London.

Jack Harvey (director) American actor and film director (1881–1954)

Jack Harvey was an American film actor, director and screenwriter, noted for his short films of the silent period.

<i>Stenoma</i> Genus of moths

Stenoma is a genus of moths. The type species is Stenoma litura, which was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.

Elections to Liverpool City Council were due to be held on 2 November 1914.

William R. Dunn (actor) American actor (1888–1946)

William R. Dunn was an American film actor and writer.