Juan Bautista Rael, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Juan Bautista Rael

American ethnographer

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1900

Place of Birth: Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, United States

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1993

Profession: anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Juan Bautista Rael (August 14, 1900 – November 8, 1993) was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who was a pioneer in the study of the people, stories, and language of Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the Southwestern United States.
Rael was a professor at Stanford University.
He donated his considerable collection of ethnographic materials to the Library of Congress.