Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)