FRANZ BOAS

Early Life

• Franz Boas was born July 9, 1858 in Minden Germany.
• Franz Boas started to love natural sciences when he was five.
• Later on, while he was studying at the gymnasium in Minden, he became interested in history and culture.

EDUCATION

• Franz Boas went to the universities of Heidelberg,Bonn and Kiel.
• He received a Ph.D in physics and a minor in geometry.

MIDDLE LIFE

• After a brief amount of time, Franz Boas got back to studying in Berlin.
• In 1883 he decided to take his first yearlong science expedition to Baffin Island in Northern Canada.

MIDDLE LIFE CONTINUED

• After his trip to Baffin Island; Franz was more interested in non-western civilizations.
• After being with his anthropologist friend, Franz grew an interest for anthropology.

MIDDLE LIFE CONTINUED

• Franz took a three month trip to British Columbia in New York.
• Franz married a woman named Marie Krackowizer that lived there.
• Franz was offered a job as the assistant editor for journal science.

MIDDLE LIFE CONTINUED

• Franz Boas became a docent in anthropology as another job at Clark University.
• Franz went on a series of expeditions referred to as the Morris K. Jesup Expedition.
• Franz said the theory that all human societies move from an initial form of matrilineal to patrilineal organization is wrong.

MIDDLE LIFE CONTINUED

• Franz said their was exceptions to this theory.
• Franz continued to spread this idea to everyone.
• Franz had trouble getting this idea around, but people eventually did believe his theory.

LATE LIFE AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Son of Meier Boas and Sophie Boas.
• Husband of Marie Boas.
• Died December 21, 1942 in New York City from a stroke.

CITATIONS

• www.geni.com
• www.biography.com

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