Gunter K.F. Wagner
| Dr Gunter K.F. Wagner PhD | |||||
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| Born | 1908 | ||||
| Died | 1952 | ||||
| Residence | PO Kisumu, Kenya Colony [1937] | ||||
| Occupation | anthropologist | ||||
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1933.12.12 nominated
1937.07.13 A letter of apology from Dr Gunter Wagner for not taking up his Fellowship on election was accepted, and he was permitted to do so from the current year.
Notes From Elsewhere
[BM] Vendor of a large collection of objects from Kenya in 1938 and also the originator of a collection of photographs. Wagner studied under Boas at Columbia University from 1927 and did fieldwork among the Yuchi Indians of Oklahoma. His PhD at Hamburg University was on the Peyote cult. In 1932 Wagner returned to the USA, working among the Comanche. He then travelled to London to prepare for African fieldwork and subsequently spent time in Kenya. During the Second World War Wagner was associated to the Ministry of Propaganda before joining the Army in 1942 and serving in Russia, Greece and Italy. He became a member of the Nazi Party in 1940. After the War he was, in 1949, appointed to the Native Affairs Department in South Africa
Publications
External Publications
The Bantu of Western Kenya with Special Reference to the Vugusu and Logoli: v. 1 & 2 in 1v Hardcover – October 15, 1970
by Gunter Wagner (Author), Lucy P. Mair (Editor)
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