Franz Boas, anthropologist, ethnologist, folklorist, linguist (b at Minden, Westphalia 9 July 1858; d at New York City, NY 21 Dec 1942). ###>Franz Boas, anthropologue, ethnologue, folkloriste et linguiste (Minden, Westphalie, 9 juill. 1858 -- New York, 21 déc.