Berthold Laufer
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Berthold Laufer (October 11, 1874 - September 13, 1934) was a German-American anthropologist, orientalist.
Born in Cologne to a jewish family, Laufer attended the Friedrich Wilhelms Gymnasium from 1884-1893. He continued his studies in Berlin (1893-1895) and completed his doctorate degree at the University of Leipzig in 1897. The following year he emmigrated to the United States where he remained until his death. He worked as assistant in Ethnology at the American Museum of Natrural History (1904-1906), became a lecturer in Anthropology and East-Asiatic Languages at Columbia University (1905-1907). The rest of his career he spent at the Field Museum in Chicago. (cf. obituary JAOS 55.4 (1934): 349-362). He died upon leaping from the roof of the hotel in which he lived in Chicago.
[edit] Literary works
- Kleinere Schriften von Berthold Laufer. Hartmut Walravens, ed. (Sinologica Coloniensia ; Bd. 2, 7, 13). Wiesbaden : Steiner, 1976-1992. 3 volumes. (a collection of many of his essays and many relevant documents)
[edit] External links
- Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History - Objects from Laufer China Expedition 1901-1904 (section Collections Online, option Collections Highlights).
