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Herskovits</b></font><p><b>AKA</b> Melville Jean Herskovits<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/771/000106453/" class=proflink>10-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/894/000105579/" class=proflink>1895</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/305/000115957/" class=proflink>Bellefontaine, OH</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/939/000106621/" class=proflink>25-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/473/000106155/" class=proflink>1963</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/499/000069292/" class=proflink>Evanston, IL</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> unspecified<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/282/000069075/" class=proflink>Atheist</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/630/000096342/" class=proflink>Anthropologist</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Myth of the Negro Past</i><p><b>Military service:</b> US Army (WWI; 1918-19)<p><b>Father:</b> Herman Herskovits<br><b>Mother:</b> Henrietta Hart<br><b>Wife:</b> Frances Shapiro (m. 12-Jul-1924, d. 1972)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Jean Frances Herskovits (b. 1935)<br><p> High School: Erie High School, Erie, PA (1912)<br> University: <a href="/edu/688/000068484/">University of Cincinnati</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/175/000165677/">Hebrew Union College</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/852/000111519/">University of Poitiers</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">PhB History, University of Chicago (1920)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">MA Anthropology, Columbia University (1921)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">PhD Anthropology, Columbia University (1923)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/611/000079374/">New School for Social Research</a><br> Lecturer: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Columbia University (1924-27)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/677/000068473/">Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Howard University (1925)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/521/000068317/">Northwestern University (1927-63)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/021/000127637/">US Agriculture Department</a> Forestry Service, Council on Human Relations (WWII)<br> <u>Board of Economic Warfare</u> Chief Consultant for African Affairs (WWII)<br> <u>African Studies Association</u> President<br> <a href="/org/903/000082657/">American Anthropological Association</a> <br> <a href="/org/766/000051613/">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> <br> <a href="/org/846/000117495/">American Folklore Society</a> <br> <u>International Anthropology Congress</u> <br> <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a> (1959)<br> <a href="/org/821/000055656/">National Research Council</a> Board of Biological Sciences (1923)<br> <a href="/org/302/000116951/">Royal Anthropological Institute</a> Honorary Fellow<br> <u>Royal Netherlands Geographical Society</u> Honorary Fellow<br> <a href="/org/457/000041334/">Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society</a> <br> <a href="/honors/485/000032389/">Guggenheim Fellowship</a> (1937-38)<br> <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> 18-Jan-1963<br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Economic Transition in Africa</i> (<tt>1964</tt>)<br><i>The Human Factor in Changing Africa</i> (<tt>1962</tt>)<br><i>Continuity and Change in African Culture</i> (<tt>1959</tt>)<br><i>The Myth of the Negro Past</i> (<tt>1941</tt>)<br><i>Economic Life of Primitive People</i> (<tt>1940</tt>)<br><i>The American Negro</i> (<tt>1928</tt>)<br><i>The Cattle Complex in East Africa</i> (<tt>1923</tt>, PhD dissertation)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=213558"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=213558">Melville J. 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