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Melville Jean Herskovits



Herskovits, Melville Jean (1895–1963), U.S. anthropologist, particularly interested in culture change and African ethnology. In 1927 at Northwestern University, he founded the first U.S. college course in African studies.

See also: Anthropology.

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