Wagner, Günter, 1908-1952
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- Organization: South-West Africa. Department of Native Affairs
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found: Bukusu tales, 1995:t.p. (Günter Wagner) p. 4 of cover (1908-1952; anthropologist specializing in the Bantu speaking people of western Kenya)
found: LC database, June 12, 1998(hdg.: Wagner, Günter, 1908-1952)
found: Wikipedia, German version, May 28, 2015(Günter Wagner; b. Sep. 28, 1908 in Berlin; studied with Franz Boas at Columbia University; stays at University of Chicago and UC Berkeley 1933-1939, did fieldwork for the International African Institute (London) of the Luhya group, Kenya; diss. 1940 at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin; lecturer in ethnology, Tübingen; worked for Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda; in 1950 went to South West Africa, ethnologist for Department of Native Affairs; d. 1952 of pneumonia during fieldwork among the Herero, Namibia)
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1998-06-12: new
2015-05-30: revised
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