Background
Kroeber, Alfred L. was born on June 11, 1876 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Florence and Johanna (Mueller) Kroeber.
Kroeber, Alfred L. was born on June 11, 1876 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Florence and Johanna (Mueller) Kroeber.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1896, Master of Arts, 1897, Doctor of Philosophy, 1901, Doctor of Science Yale, 1946. Doctor of Laws, California, 1951. Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), Harvard University, 1952, Columbia, 1953.
Assistant in English, 1897-1899, fellow in anthropology, 1899-1900, Columbia University, anthropological expedns., 1899-1901, New Mexico, 1915-1920, Mexico, 1924, 30, Peru, 1925, 26, 42. Instructor anthropology, 1901, assistant professor, 1906, associate professor, 1911, professor 1919-1946, curator, 1908-1925, director, 1925-1946, Anthropology Museum, University of California Ethnological exploration in California since 1900.
Curator anthropology, 1900, and 1903-1911, California Academy Sciences.
Research associate Chicago Natural History Museum, since 1925. Visiting professor Harvard, 1947-1948, Columbia, 1948-1952, Brandeis, 1954, Yale, 1958.
Fellow Center for Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1955-1956. Founder and president, 1917, American Anthropological Association.
President American Folk Lore Society, 1906.
Member Linguistic Society of America (president 1940), National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Ethnological Society.
Married Henriette Rothschild, May 24, 1906 (deceased). Children: Clifton, Theodore (stepsons), Karl, Ursula.