Albert Samuel Gatschet (October 3, 1832, Beatenberg, Canton of Bern – March 16, 1907, Washington, D.C.) was a Swiss-American ethnologist who trained as a linguist in the universities of Bern and Berlin. He later moved to the United States and settled there in order to study Native American languages, a field in which he was a pioneer.
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| Born | October 3, 1832 Beatenberg, Switzerland |
| Died | March 16, 1907 (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Known for | Work on Native American languages |
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| Discipline | Ethnologist |
| Sub-discipline | Linguistics |
| Institutions | Bureau of American Ethnology |
In 1877 he became an ethnologist with the US Geological Survey. In 1879 he became a member of the Bureau of American Ethnology, which was part of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1884, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.[1]
Gatschet published his observations of the Karankawa people of Texas. His study of the Klamath people located in present-day Oregon, published in 1890, is recognized as outstanding. In 1902 Gatschet was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society, whose members were studying ancient and historic peoples.[2]
Works
edit- Albert Samuel Gatschet (1891). The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Letter of transmittal. Ethnographic sketch. Texts. Grammar. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 1–. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
References
edit- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "MemberListG | American Antiquarian Society". www.americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2020.
- Albert Samuel Gatschet in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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- Works by or about Albert Samuel Gatschet at the Internet Archive
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