Clyde Kluckhohn
| Clyde Kluckhohn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 11, 1905 Le Mars, Iowa |
| Died | July 28, 1960 (aged 55) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Cultural Anthropology |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University |
| Doctoral students | Elizabeth Colson, Laura Nader, Walter Taylor |
| Notable awards | Viking Fund Medal (1950) |
Clyde Kluckhohn (/ˈklʌkhoʊn/; January 11, 1905, Le Mars, Iowa – July 28, 1960, near Santa Fe, New Mexico), was an American anthropologist and social theorist, best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and his contributions to the development of theory of culture within American anthropology.
Kluckhohn matriculated at Princeton University, but was forced by ill health to take a break from study and went to convalesce on a ranch in New Mexico owned by his mother's cousin's husband, Evon Z. Vogt. During this period he first came into contact with neighboring Navajo and began a lifelong love of their language and culture. He wrote two popular books based on his experiences in Navajo country, To the Foot of the Rainbow (1927) and Beyond the Rainbow (1933).
He resumed study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received his AB in Greek 1928. He then studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1928–1930 For the following two years, he studied anthropology at the University of Vienna and was exposed to psychoanalysis. After teaching at the University of New Mexico from 1932–34, he continued graduate work in anthropology at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D in 1936. He remained at Harvard as a professor in Social Anthropology and later also Social Relations for the rest of his life.
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