Buell Quain

Buell Quain
Born	Buell Halvor Quain 31 May 1912(1912-05-31) Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Died	2 August 1939(1939-08-02) (aged 27) Brazil
Cause of death	Suicide
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	Ethnologist

Buell Halvor Quain (31 May 1912 – 2 August 1939) was an American ethnologist who, after graduating from Columbia University, worked with native peoples in Fiji and Brazil.^[1]^[2] He published a total of four books, three of them posthumously.

The mysteries surrounding his death by suicide was the subject of Brazilian author Bernardo Carvalho's 2002 novel Nine Nights.^[3]

Bibliography

The Iroquois
The Flight of the Chiefs - 1942
The Trumai Indians of Central Brazil - 1955 (with Robert Francis Murphy)
Fijian Village - 1970

References

^ Cyril Belshaw (2002-03-27). "The Effects of Limited Anthropological Theory on Problems of Fijian Administration". Anthropologising.ca. http://www.anthropologising.ca/fidji/admin.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ Elma Lia Nascimento (2003-01-19). "White Chief's Gone". Brazzil.com. http://www.brazzil.com/p119jan03.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ "Nine Nights". Metro.co.uk. http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/books/article.html?in_article_id=76617&in_page_id=28. Retrieved 2008-06-18.

External links

Minnesota State University

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Name	Quain, Buell
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Date of birth	1912-05-31
Place of birth	Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Date of death	1939-08-02
Place of death	Brazil