Lesser, Alexander, 1902-1982

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Lesser, Alexander, 1902-1982
Other forms of name
Lesser, Alexander, 1902-
Date of birth
1902-10-04
Date of death
1982-08-07
Occupation
Anthropologists
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 27141444
Wikidata: Q4719396
Library of congress: n 84104882
Sources of Information
  • His History, evolution, and the concept of culture, 1985:CIP t.p. (Alexander Lesser)
  • LC data base, 6/4/84(hdg.: Lesser, Alexander, 1902- )
  • New York Times, Aug. 8, 1982:p. 36 (d. Aug. 7; b. Oct. 4, 1902)
Wikipedia description:

Alexander Lesser (1902–1982) was an American anthropologist. Working in the Boasian tradition of American cultural anthropology, he adopted critical stances of several ideas of his fellow Boasians, and became known as an original and critical thinker, pioneering several ideas that later became widely accepted within anthropology.

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