Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Alfred L. Kroeber
Born: June 11, 1876
Died: October 5, 1960 (aged 84)
Bio: Alfred Louis Kroeber was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his Ph.D. under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Columbia.
Known for:
- Handbook of the Indians of California (1925)
- The Arapaho (1902)
- Indian Myths of South Central California (1907)
- Decorative Symbolism of the Arapaho (1901)