Nationality United States Name Alfred Hallowell | Role Anthropologist Fields Anthropology | |
Education University of Pennsylvania (1924) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada People also search for Jennifer S. H. Brown, Leslie Spier, Anthony F. C. Wallace, Raymond D. Fogelson, John Gulick Books Culture and experience, Contributions to Ojibwe Studies, The Ojibwa of Berens River - Ma, The role of conjuring in Saulte, Contributions to anthropology | ||
Alfred Irving "Pete" Hallowell (; 1892–1974) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist and businessman. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania receiving his B.S. degree in 1914, his A.M. in 1920, and his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1924. He was a student of the anthropologist Frank Speck. From 1927 through 1963 he was a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania excepting 1944 through 1947 when he taught the subject at Northwestern University. Hallowell's main field of study was Native Americans. He also held the presidency of the American Anthropological Association for a period.
His students included the anthropologists Melford Spiro, Anthony F. C. Wallace, Raymond D. Fogelson, George W. Stocking, Jr., Regna Darnell, James W. VanStone and Marie-Françoise Guédon.
After his retirement, his position was filled by the linguistic anthropologist Dell Hymes.