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Edward Sapir

Born in Germany and raised and educated in the United States, Sapir came to Ottawa in 1910 to head the Division of Anthropology of the Geological Survey of Canada. This division later became the National Museum of Man. During his 15 years at the Museum he furthered the study of Canada’s indigenous peoples, and contributed significantly to the understanding and classification of their languages, as well as to building a national ethnographic collection. His interests included linguistics, ethnology, psychology and literature. He left an international intellectual legacy which endures to the present.

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Edward Sapir

Sapir naquit en Allemagne, grandit et fit ses études aux États-Unis et vint à Ottawa en 1910 pour diriger la Division d’Anthropologie de la Commission géologique du Canada, qui allait devenir le Musée national de l’Homme. Durant ses 15 ans au Musée, il fit progresser la recherche sur les peuples autochtones du Canada et contribua de façon significative à la compréhension et à la classification de leurs langues ainsi qu’à l’édification d’une collection ethnographique nationale. Intéressé à la linguistique, à l’ethnologie, à la psychologie et à la littérature, il laissa un héritage intellectuel international qui est encore vivant.

Location: 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa
Emplacement : 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 45.412938, -75.688738
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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