Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

A cranial study pioneer's name

English answer:

Aleš Hrdlika

Added to glossary by humbird
Jan 3, 2005 23:18
19 yrs ago
English term

A cranial study pioneer's name

English Social Sciences History
I am looking for a spelling of a person. Born in 1869 and died in 1943 he is considered to be a pioneer of cranial studies, and first Director of Smithonian Institute (before this famous Institution bore this current name). He was born in Bohemia and imigrated to the US on/around 1880, got MD from Harvard (if I remember correctly), but did not practice medicine. Instead he devoted his entire life studying bones, especially skull of virtually every race from ancient to contemporay.
His name is, phonetically, Fedelica, Federica, Phedelica ---- something of its proximity.
I desperately need his first and last name so I resorted the help here, even this is not directly a translation question (OH Yes it is. I need it in Japanese, but of course English is what I am looking for). Any hint will be greatly appreciate.

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jan 4, 2005:
Now I have to grade. It is not fair the grade goes to only one person because both GoodWords and Amy are just as good. Though due to confidence level and peer responces I must vote for GoodWords. Please remember I am equally thankful to both of you!
Non-ProZ.com Jan 4, 2005:
I came across this name when I was listening Tony Hillerman audio tape, read by himself out of his own writing (the book title I also forgot). Thereby the name came to me via sound, not in writing. When he prounced it though it sounded like Fedelika or Fedelica. I also forgot this person's first name. No wonder I had a heck of time googling. Yes his study became a foundation of today's forensic science. Thank you everyone -- those who answered and those who commented to these answers!!
Veronica Prpic Uhing Jan 4, 2005:
Is this your Alesh Hrdlicka

http://www.svu2000.org/whatwedo/UBERLAKER.PDF
Non-ProZ.com Jan 3, 2005:
Please don't tell me go google search. I spent at least a couple of hours in doing so, in vain.

Responses

+7
11 mins
Selected

Aleš Hrdlika

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2000/ubelaker.htm

"Aleš Hrdli…ka (1869-1943) is widely regarded as a key figure in the early history of American physical anthropology. Hrdli…ka immigrated to the United States from Bohemia in 1881 and later received medical training in New York. As his interests shifted to anthropology, he was hired in 1903 as the first curator of physical anthropology at the Smithsonian. He remained there for the rest of his extremely productive career (retired in 1942 and died in 1943) and amassed large collections of human remains in support of his research."

See also:
http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/archives/CollectionsList/Colle...


By the way, if you would like to know which google search found this information, it was a search on {1869 1943 cranial } http://tinyurl.com/6wne6
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : See spelling here: Hrdli ka, Ale http://www.bartleby.com/65/hr/Hrdlicka.html
25 mins
agree mstkwasa : 「アレシュ・フルドリカ」になるでしょうか。
27 mins
agree Jörgen Slet
29 mins
agree bigedsenior : in English the spelling would be ALEX
37 mins
agree Balaban Cerit : Ales (or Aleš) Hrdlicka (1869-1943) - www.svu2000.org/issues/scientists.htm - no other scientist seems to have matching dates
39 mins
agree Will Matter
1 hr
agree Java Cafe
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! see my note."
+3
11 mins

ALEŠ HRDLIKA

Just an idea - some of the dates etc. seem to match!
The ending "lika" is a bit like "lica" etc.

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-01-03 23:31:16 GMT)
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My search on Google: bohemia smithsonian 1869.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jörgen Slet
29 mins
agree Balaban Cerit : Ales (or Aleš) Hrdlicka (1869-1943) - www.svu2000.org/issues/scientists.htm - no other scientist seems to have matching dates
39 mins
agree Margaret Schroeder : No doubt this is it. It is interesting that both our searches reached the target information successfully.
2 hrs
thanks, GoodWords. Happy New Year.
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