Vladimir Bogoraz | |
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Born | 27 (O.S. 15) April 1865 |
Died | 10 May 1936 | (aged 71)
Nationality | Russian |
Known for | ethnography and ethnology of the Chukchi people |
Scientific career | |
Fields | anthropology |
Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz (‹See Tfd›Russian: Влади́мир Ге́рманович Богора́з), born Natan Mendelevich Bogoraz (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ната́н Ме́нделевич Богора́з) and used the literary pseudonym N. A. Tan (‹See Tfd›Russian: Н. А. Тан; April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1865 – May 10, 1936), was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia. In English, his name was often rendered as Waldemar Bogoras.[1][2][3]