This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1892 and we
are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'Vocabularies of the Tlingit Haida and Tsimshian Languages' is a
linguistic study on a Native North American tribe. Franz Boas was born
on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas had a passion
the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an
undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a dissertation
on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and
receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of Anthropology
at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in
anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of
the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas had a long
career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on 21st
December 1942.