Clyde Kluckhohn | |
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| Born | January 11, 1905 Le Mars, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 1960 (aged 55) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) Corpus Christi College, Oxford University of Vienna Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Awards | Viking Fund Medal (1950) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cultural anthropology |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral students | Elizabeth Colson, Laura Nader, Walter Taylor, Evon Z. Vogt |
Clyde Kluckhohn (/ˈklʌkhoʊn/; January 11, 1905 in Le Mars, Iowa – July 28, 1960 near Santa Fe, New Mexico), was an American anthropologist and social theorist, best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and his contributions to the development of theory of culture within American anthropology. During his lifetime, Kluckhohn was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1944),[1] the United States National Academy of Sciences (1952),[2] and the American Philosophical Society (1952).[3]