Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn was an American anthropologist and social theorist best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and for his contributions to the development of the theory of culture within American anthropology. During his lifetime he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1944 and to both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1952.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own accountnear Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountCo-developed the Values Orientation Theory of cross-cultural value analysis with Florence Kluckhohn and colleagues; known for long-term ethnographic fieldwork among the Navajo. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn (; January 11, 1905 in Le Mars, Iowa – July 28, 1960 near Santa Fe, New Mexico), was an American anthropologist and social theorist, best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and his contributions to the development of theory of culture within American anthropology.
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Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn (January 11, 1905 in Le Mars, Iowa - July 28, 1960 near Santa Fe, New Mexico), was an American anthropologist and social theorist, best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and his contributions to the development of theory of culture within American anthropology.
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A key methodological approach that he developed together with his wife Florence Rockwood Kluckhohn and colleagues Evon Z. Vogt and Ethel M. Albert, among others, was the Values Orientation Theory.
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In the same year his book Mirror for Man won the McGraw Hill award for best popular writing on science.
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After teaching at the University of New Mexico from 1932 to 1934, he continued graduate work in anthropology at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in 1936.
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