Esther Schiff Goldfrank, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEsther Schiff Goldfrank
American anthropologist
Date of Birth: 05-May-1986
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1997
Profession: anthropologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Esther Schiff Goldfrank
- Esther Schiff Goldfrank (1896 – 23 April 1997) was an anthropologist of the famous German-American Schiff family.
- She had studied with Franz Boas and specialized in the Pueblo Indians.
- She worked closely with Elsie Clews Parsons and also with Ruth Benedict on the Blackfoot.
- She published on Pueblo religion, Cochiti sociology and Isleta drawings.
- Goldfrank received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1918 and graduated from Columbia University in 1937.Esther Schiff Goldfrank married the historian and sinologist Karl August Wittfogel after the death in 1935 of her first husband, Walter Goldfrank.
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