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'''Alexander Francis Chamberlain''' (January 12, 1865{{spnd}}April –8, 1914) was a [[CanadaCanadians|Canadian]] [[anthropologist]], born in [[England]]. Under the direction of [[Franz Boas]] he received the first Ph.D. granted in anthropology in the [[United States]] from [[Clark University]] in [[Worcester]], [[Massachusetts]]. After graduating, he taught at Clark, eventually becoming full professor in 1911. Under the auspices of the [[British Association]], his area of specialty was the [[Kootenai (tribe)|Kootenay (British Columbia) Indians]].
 
== Early life and education ==
He was well known in anthropology for his bibliographic work, compiling the lists of new books and articles that appeared in the early issues of the [[American Anthropologist]] and later the [[Journal of American Folklore]]. He was editor of the ''Journal of American Folklore'' between 1901-1908. His works include:▼
Alexander Francis Chamberlain was born in [[Kenninghall, Norfolk]], England, the eldest child of George and Maria Anderton Chamberlain. His family emigrated to North America when he was a child, settling in [[Bushnell's Basin, New York]], where he began schooling. After about a year, his family relocated to [[Peterborough, Ontario]], Canada, where Chamberlain attended the Union School and the [[Peterborough Collegiate Institute]]. He then studied modern languages at the [[University of Toronto]], graduating with a B.A. in 1886.<ref name="Gilbertson-1914">{{cite journal|last1=Gilbertson|first1=Albert N.|date=1914|title=In Memoriam: Alexander Francis Chamberlain|url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-659616|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=16|issue=2|pages=337–348|doi=10.1525/aa.1914.16.2.02a00120 |jstor=659616}}{{Source-attribution|sentence=yes|}}</ref><ref name="Boas-1914">{{cite journal|last1=Boas|first1=Franz|date=1914|title=Alexander Francis Chamberlain|url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-534624|journal=The Journal of American Folklore|volume=27|issue=105|pages=326–327|doi=10.1126/science.39.1014.821 |jstor=534624|pmid=17821324 |bibcode=1914Sci....39..821W }}</ref>
 
== Career ==
▲HeChamberlain was well known in anthropology for his bibliographic work, compiling the lists of new books and articles that appeared in the early issues of the ''[[American Anthropologist]]'' and later the ''[[Journal of American Folklore]]''. He was editor of the ''Journal of American Folklore'' between 1901- and 1908. His works include:
* ''Report on the Kootenay Indians'', (1892)
* ''Languages of the Mississaga Indians'', (1892)
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* ''The Child: A Study in the Evolution of Man'', (1900)
* ''Poems'', (1904)
He also contributed to the second edition of the [[New International Encyclopedia]] on [[South America]]n Indians and [[Asia]]tic peoples, and to [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]] on [[North America]]n Indians. Chamberlain was elected a member of the [[American Antiquarian Society]] in 1902.<ref>[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistc American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]</ref>
 
Boas's obituary for him (one of a number he had to write for younger colleagues including [[Pliny Earle Goddard]] and [[Edward Sapir]]) recalls him as a genuinely good person.
 
''The generosity with which he gave of his knowledge and his time to his fellow-workers was merely an expression of the desire to be of service to mankind, which was a dominant trait in his character''
 
==References==
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Boas, Franz (1914): ''Alexander Francis Chamberlain'', ''The Journal of American Folk-Lore'', Vol. 27, No. 105, Jul. - Sep., 1914, pp. 326–327 (Available on JSTOR).
 
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