Albert Samuel Gatschet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Albert Samuel Gatschet

Swiss ethnologist, linguist (1832-1907)

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1832

Place of Birth: Beatenberg, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1907

Profession: anthropologist, linguist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Albert Samuel Gatschet

  • Albert Samuel Gatschet (October 3, 1832, Beatenberg, Canton of Bern – March 16, 1907) was a Swiss-American ethnologist who trained as a linguist in the universities of Bern and Berlin.
  • He later moved to the United States and settled there in order to study Native American languages, in which field he was a pioneer.
  • In 1877 he became an ethnologist with the US Geological Survey.
  • In 1879 he became a member of the Bureau of American Ethnology, which was part of the Smithsonian Institution. Gatschet published his observations of the Karankawa people of Texas.
  • His study of the Klamath people located in present-day Oregon, published in 1890, is recognized as outstanding.
  • In 1902 Gatschet was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society, whose members were studying ancient and historic peoples.

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