William C. Sturtevant
William C. Sturtevant | |
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Born | 1926 |
Died | (aged 80) |
Title | Curator emeritus |
Spouse |
Theda Maw
(m. 1952; div. 1986)Sally McLendon
(m. 1990, dath) |
Parent |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Thesis | The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices |
Academic work | |
Discipline | anthropology, ethnology |
Notable works | Handbook of North American Indians |
William Curtis Sturtevant (1926
Sturtevant's career focused on Native American languages and cultures. He was particularly known for his work on the history and culture of the Florida Seminole.[3] During his career, he served as the president for the American Society for Ethnohistory, the American Ethnological Society, and the American Anthropological Association.
Life
He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949, and from Yale University with a Ph.D. in 1955, where he was a student of Floyd Lounsbury. He served first as a research anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology before being appointed Curator of North American Ethnology in the U.S. National Museum (later the National Museum of Natural History), Smithsonian Institution.
Sturtevant argued for the importance of material culture in anthropology, particularly in incorporating the contents of museum collections.[2] A list of his published and unpublished work is available at the National Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian Institution.[4]
Family
He was the eldest son of the geneticist
.References
- ^ Estrada, Louie (March 17, 2007). "William C. Sturtevant; Expert on Indians". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Sues, Hans (Spring 2007). "William Sturtevant Remembered". Anthropology: Newsletter of the Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC: Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History: 2.
- ^ "William Curtis Sturtevant".
- ^ "Register to the Papers of William C. Sturtevant" (PDF).
- ^ Jackson, Jason Baird (2007-03-10). Regna Darnell; Fredrick W. Gleach (eds.). "William C. Sturtevant (1926–2007)". Celebrating a Century: The Presidents of the American Anthropological Association. Lincoln, Nebraska: American Anthropological Association: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 257–260. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
External links
- Jason Baird Jackson, William C. Sturtevant (1926–2007), Museum Anthropology blog. Sunday, March 4, 2007