Kluckhohn

[ kluhk-hohn ]

noun

1. Clyde (Kay Ma·ben) [mey, -b, uh, n], 1905–60, American anthropologist.

Example Sentences

He was writing about American families and mental health when his adviser, Florence Kluckhohn, told him he was too “provincial,” having never traveled overseas.

From Washington Post

Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn, 55, anthropologist, authority on Southwestern Indian culture, a director of the Army's massive study of Japan during World War II and from 1947 to 1954 of the West's largest private Russian-research center, at Harvard; of a heart attack; in Sante Fe, N. Mex.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cocky, cynical Frank Kluckhohn put his foot in his mouth early this year when he heard about President Roosevelt's imminent arrival in Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kluckhohn, who was in Casablanca, demanded transportation to Dakar, where he was sure the President would land.

From Time Magazine Archive

New York Timesman Frank Kluckhohn asked when and in what manner the U. S. had called attention to the relationship of Germany-Italy-Japan.

From Time Magazine Archive