Buell Quain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Buell Quain

American ethnologist

Date of Birth: 31-May-1912

Place of Birth: Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1939

Profession: anthropologist, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Buell Halvor Quain (May 31, 1912 – August 2, 1939) was an American ethnologist who, after graduating from University of Wisconsin–Madison and studying as a graduate student at Columbia University, worked with native peoples in Fiji and Brazil.
He published a total of four books, three of them posthumously. In 1938, Quain travelled to Brazil to work with the Kraho people of the Brazilian rainforest, where he also spent time in the Trumai village.