Clark Wissler
Clark Wissler (1870 - 1947) was born in Wayne County, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University in 1897. He received his doctorate in Psychology from Columbia University in 1901. Subsequently, Wissler became interested in the new field of Anthropology and associated himself with Franz Boas. Wissler obtained a position at the American Museum of Natural History, where he eventually succeeded Boas as Curator of Ethnography.
Wissler was a specialist in North American Ethnography, focusing on the Indians of the Plains. He contributed to the culture area and age-area ideology of of the diffusionist viewpoint that no longer is poplular in Anthropology. Nevertheless, his educational programs, publications, and assemblages of Plains artifacts give him with an enviable record. His great influence over the second generation of American Anthropologists was important, especially with the emphasis on field work.
Wissler was also associated with Yale University.
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