Alfred Irving Hallowell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Irving Hallowell

American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1892

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1974

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alfred Irving "Pete" Hallowell (; 1892–1974) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist and businessman.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania receiving his B.S.
degree in 1914, his A.M.
in 1920, and his Ph.D.
in anthropology in 1924.
He was a student of the anthropologist Frank Speck.
From 1927 through 1963 he was a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania excepting 1944 through 1947 when he taught the subject at Northwestern University.
Hallowell's main field of study was Native Americans.
He also held the presidency of the American Anthropological Association for a period. His students included the anthropologists Melford Spiro, Anthony F.
C.
Wallace, Raymond D.
Fogelson, George W.
Stocking, Jr., Regna Darnell, Erika Eichhorn Bourguignon, James W.
VanStone and Marie-Françoise Guédon. After his retirement, his position was filled by the linguistic anthropologist Dell Hymes.