1. Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, and educator.
20 Facts About Alfred Tozzer
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Alfred Tozzer was the husband of Margaret Castle Tozzer and father of figure skating champion Joan Tozzer.
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Alfred Tozzer was born in Lynn, Massachusetts to Samuel Clarence and Caroline Tozzer, and graduated in anthropology from Harvard University in 1900.
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Alfred Tozzer began at the Hacienda Chichen, owned by US Consul to Yucatan Edward H Thompson, a large plantation that included the ancient city of Chichen Itza.
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In 1903, Tozzer traveled to Campeche and Chiapas to conduct research among the Lacandon Maya, and lived for several weeks in a small settlement on Lake Petha, witnessing and even participating in their ceremonies.
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Alfred Tozzer spent one more season in Yucatan, Campeche and Chiapas, before settling at Harvard in the fall of 1905 as an assistant professor of anthropology.
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In 1914 Alfred Tozzer took another leave of absence to succeed Boas as director of the International School of American Archeology and Ethnology in Mexico.
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Alfred Tozzer arrived in Veracruz in time to witness the US Navy shelling of the city.
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Alfred Tozzer oversaw excavation of the Toltec site at Santiago Ahuitzotla.
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Alfred Tozzer eventually returned to Harvard where he would spend the remainder of his professional career, except for stints in the military.
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Alfred Tozzer served as a captain in the Air Service from 1917 to 1918.
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Alfred Tozzer served as a major in the Reserves from 1918 to 1929.
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Alfred Tozzer returned from World War I to his post as associate professor at Harvard.
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In 1922, Alfred Tozzer won appointment to the Academic Board at Radcliffe College, and later become a trustee in 1928.
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Alfred Tozzer served on Harvard's Administrative Board from 1928 until his retirement in 1948.
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Alfred Tozzer was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1911.
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Alfred Tozzer was elected to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1925.
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Alfred Tozzer was elected by his peers to two consecutive terms as president of the American Anthropological Association beginning in 1928.
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Alfred Tozzer was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1937.
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Alfred Tozzer died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 5,1954.