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John R. Swanton
John R. Swanton | |
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 Swanton in 1903 | |
| Born | February 19, 1873 Gardiner, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, 1958 (aged 85) |
| Spouse | Alice M. Barnard |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD) |
| Thesis | The Morphology of the Chinook Verb (1900) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropologist |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Bureau of American Ethnology |
John Reed Swanton (February 19, 1873 – May 2, 1958) was an American anthropologist, folklorist, and linguist who worked with Native American peoples throughout the United States. Swanton achieved recognition in the fields of ethnology and ethnohistory. He is particularly noted for his work with indigenous peoples of the Southeast and Pacific Northwest.
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