앨프리드 크로버

소개

앨프리드 루이스 크로버(Alfred Louis Kroeber, 1876년 ~ 1960년)는 미국의 인류학자이다. 캘리포니아주 인디언의 민족학을 연구하기 위해 많은 자료를 수집하였으며, 문화와 문화사에 관한 문명론의 '초유기체론'으로 유명하다. 그 밖에 고고학과 언어학의 분야에도 많은 업적을 남겼다. 저서로 《인류학》이 있다.

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 of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He played an integral role in the early days of its Museum of Anthropology, where he served as director from 1909 through 1947. Kroeber provided detailed information about Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi people, whom he studied over a period of years. He was the father of the author Ursula K. Le Guin.