Stewart Culin | |
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 Stewart Culin, c. 1920 | |
| Born | Robert Stewart Culin July 13, 1858 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 8, 1929 (aged 70) Amityville, New York |
| Occupation | Ethnographer |
Robert Stewart Culin (July 13, 1858 – April 8, 1929) was an American ethnographer and author interested in games, art and dress.[1] Culin played a major role in the development of ethnography, first concentrating his efforts on studying the Asian-Americans workers in Philadelphia. His first published works were "The Practice of Medicine by the Chinese in America" and "China in America: A study in the social life of the Chinese in the eastern cities of the United States", both dated 1887. He believed that similarity in gaming demonstrated similarity and contact among cultures across the world.
- ^ David Shavit (1990). The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-313-26788-8. Retrieved 20 August 2012.