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# Alfred L. Kroeber

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Alfred Louis Kroeber was an American cultural anthropologist. He received his PhD under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Columbia. He was also the first professor appointed to the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Ber

##  Quotes by Alfred L. Kroeber

> [All civilization in a sense exists only in the mind. Gunpowder, textile arts, machinery, laws, telephones are not themselves transmitted from man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-l-kroeber/all-civilization-in-a-sense-exists-only-in-the-mind-gunpowder-textile/)

[Alfred L. Kroeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-l-kroeber/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/alfred-l-kroeber-77405_art_all-civilization-in-a-sense-exists-only_61908.png)

> [“Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities." - Alfred L. Kroeber”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-l-kroeber/anthropology-is-the-most-humanistic-of-the-sciences-and-the-most/)

[Alfred L. Kroeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-l-kroeber/)

[Anthropology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropology/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/alfred-l-kroeber-77405_anthropology_anthropology-is-the-most-humanistic-of-t_720460.png)

> [Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-l-kroeber/anthropology-is-the-most-humanistic-of-the-sciences-and-the-most-2/)

[Alfred L. Kroeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-l-kroeber/)

[Anthropology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropology/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/alfred-l-kroeber-77405_anthropology_anthropology-is-the-most-humanistic-of-t_1178546.png)

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