Albert Samuel Gatschet

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Albert Samuel Gatschet 1892

Albert Samuel Gatschet (born October 3, 1832 in Beatenberg , Switzerland , † March 16, 1907 in Washington , United States ) was a Swiss ethnologist and linguist.

Life

Gatschet studied in Bern and Berlin between 1846 and 1858 and published research on local etymology from 1865 to 1867 as contributions to the toponomics of Switzerland (Bern). He was then an editor in Bern for various scientific and literary magazines. In 1868 he emigrated to the USA , settled in New York City and since 1874 has been a pioneer in the study of the indigenous languages ​​of North America . In 1877 he became an ethnologist with the State Geology Department and in 1879 a member of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution . Working from the Mexican Gulf to Newfoundland, he became the custodian of the ethnological characteristics of the declining tribes of North America. In 1892 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern . In 1884 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .

Publications

  • Local etymological research as a contribution to the toponomics of Switzerland . Publisher Nabu Press, 2010; ISBN 978-1-141-93817-9
  • Twelve languages ​​from Southwest North America . Weimar (1876).
  • Classification into 7 linguistic stocks of Western Indian dialects contained in 40 vocabularies . In: Wheeler (Ed.): Report upon United States' geographical surveys , Vol. 7.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member History: Albert S. Gatschet. American Philosophical Society, accessed August 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Gatschet, Albert Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Beatenberg , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1907
Place of death Washington , United States