Gunnar Landtman
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1878 – 1940
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Who was Gunnar Landtman?
Gunnar Landtman was a Finnish philosopher as well as a sociology and philosophy professor. A pupil of Edvard Westermarck, he graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1905. He later became an associate professor there from 1910 to 1927 and then a temporary professor until his death in 1940. Landtman was the first modern sociological anthropologist. His most important journey was a two-year trip to Papua New Guinea where he lived with the Kiwai Papuans from 1910 to 1912.
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- Born
- May 6, 1878
Helsinki - Education
- University of Helsinki
- Died
- Oct 30, 1940
Helsinki
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on July 23, 2013
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