John Peabody Harrington

John Peabody Harrington (1884–1961) was an American linguist and ethnologist and a specialist in the native peoples of California. Harrington is noted for the massive volume of his documentary output, most of which has remained unpublished: the shelf space in the National Anthropological Archives dedicated to his work spans nearly seven hundred feet.

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John Peabody Harrington
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1884
Birth place
Waltham Massachusetts , Massachusetts
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1961
Place of death
San Diego
Education
Stanford University
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of California Berkeley
Leipzig University
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