Leo J. Franchtenberg

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim (1883-1930) was an anthropologist who studied the Native American languages. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1910 under Franz Boas on the Coosan language of Oregon. Other languages he worked on included Chimakuan, Shasta and Penutian. Like Boas and his contemporary Edward Sapir, he was Jewish. He seems to have worked for the Bureau of Ethnology.

Published Work

Andrade, Manuel J.; & Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1931). Quileute texts. Columbia University contributions to anthropology (Vol. 12). New York: Columbia University Press.

Bernstein, Jay H. (2002) “First Recipients of Anthropological Doctorates in the United States, 1891-1930” American Anthropologist 104 (2): 551-564

Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1913). Coos texts. California University contributions to anthropology (Vol. 1). New York: Columbia University Press. (Reprinted 1969 New York: AMS Press).

Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1914). Lower Umpqua texts and notes on the Kusan dialect. California University contributions to anthropology (Vol. 4, pp. 141-150). (Reprinted 1969, New York: AMS Press).

Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1922). Coos: An illustrative sketch. In Handbook of American Indian languages (Vol. 2, pp. 297-299, 305). Bulletin, 40, pt. 2. Washington:Government Print Office (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology).