Melville Jacobs
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| Gender | Male |
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| Date of birth | July 3,1902 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Died | Seattle |
| Washington | |
| United States | |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Books | Clackamas Chinook Texts |
| Northwest Sahaptin texts | |
| General anthropology | |
| Edited works | Northwest Sahaptin texts |
| Clackamas Chinook Texts | |
| Nehalem Tillamook tales | |
| Texts in Chinook jargon | |
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| ID | 3660772 |
Melville Jacobs Life story
Melville Jacobs was an American anthropologist known for his extensive fieldwork on cultures of the Pacific Northwest. He was born in New York City. After studying with Franz Boas he became a member of the faculty of the University of Washington in 1928 and remained until his death in 1971.
