David Prescott Barrows

Barrows in the 1920s[1]

David Prescott Barrows (June 27, 1873 – September 5, 1954) was an American anthropologist, explorer, and educator. Born in Chicago in 1874, his family moved to California.[2] He showed a keen interest in the life and customs of Native Americans, and was said to have "spent almost every summer during the period 1890–1899 in research work among the tribes of southern California and in the Colorado Desert."[2] He later became President of the University of California. He traveled extensively, publishing descriptions of his findings in countries such as Morocco and the Philippines.[3]

  1. ^ "David P. Barrows". Library of Congress. 1920. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Finding Aid to the David P. Barrows papers, 1890–1954". Bancroft Library. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  3. ^ Clymer, Kenton J. (1976). "Humanitarian Imperialism: David Prescott Barrows and the White Man's Burden in the Philippines". Pacific Historical Review. 45 (4): 495–517. doi:10.2307/3638100. ISSN 0030-8684. JSTOR 3638100.