Konrad Theodor Preuss (June 2, 1869 – June 8, 1938) was a German

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. He was chairman of the

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(1890–98). Preuss was born in Preußisch-Eylau. After studying at the Albertina in Königsberg in Prussia and at Frederick William's University of Berlin he joined the

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in 1895, advancing to director of the Central and North American department in 1920, before retiring in 1934. He also became a member of the faculty of the University of Berlin (1948 renamed as Humboldt University) and died in

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. He became foreign member of the

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in 1928.

Works

* ''Die geistige Kultur der Naturvölker''. Leipzig, 1914 * ''Grammatik der Cora-Sprache'', Columbia, New York 1932

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* 1869 births 1938 deaths People from Bagrationovsk University of Königsberg alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German ethnologists Pre-Columbian scholars German Mesoamericanists Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Mesoamerican anthropologists People from the Province of Prussia 20th-century Mesoamericanists Linguists of Uto-Aztecan languages {{Germany-academic-bio-stub