science · 10 May 1936 · 88 years ago
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Died 10 May 1936 at age 71 (born 27 Apr 1865).
Russian anthropologist whose study of the Chukchi people of northeastern Siberia ranks among the classic works of ethnography. He published grammars, a dictionary, textbooks for Chukchi children, folklore collections, ethnographic and historical studies, and a novel about the Chukchis.
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