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Carl H. Berendt

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Carl Hermann Berendt
Born1817
Died1878
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsChicago Academy of Science Philadelphia Academy of Science
Smithsonian Institution

Carl Hermann Berendt (1817–1878) was an American anthropologist.

He worked in Mexico and Central America where he studied the ethnology and philology of the natives. His work was partially supported by the Chicago Academy of Science, the Philadelphia Academy of Science, and the Smithsonian Institution.[1] Berendt was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1875.[2] He was the son of Georg Karl Berendt.

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  2. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory