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Melville J. Herskovits
American anthropologist (1895–1963)
Melville Jean Herskovits (September 10, 1895 – February 25, 1963) was an American anthropologist who helped to first establish African and African Diaspora studies in American academia.
He is known for exploring the cultural continuity from African cultures as expressed in African-American communities. He worked with his wife Frances (Shapiro) Herskovits, also an anthropologist, in the field in South America, the Caribbean and Africa.
They jointly wrote several books and monographs.
Early life and education
Born to Jewish immigrants in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1895, Herskovits attended local public schools.
Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits were American anthropologists who helped establish African and African American studies in American academia.He served in the United States Army Medical Corps in France during World War I.[1]
Afterward, he went to college, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago in 1920. He went to New York City for graduate work, earning his M.A.
and Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University under
