Antonio Goubaud Carrera
Date of Birth :
1902-17-08
Place of Birth :
Guatemala City,Guatemala
Country :
Guatemala
Field of Expertise :
Anthropology
Educational background :
Anthropology at the University of Chicago.
M.A. degree in anthropology from University of Chicago.
Acheivements / Contributions :
- Goubaud was among the first generation of Guatemalan anthropologists to be trained in the United States and became Guatemala's first proficiently trained anthropologist.
- Antonio Goubaud returned to Guatemala with his new companion Frances Westbrook, a fellow student at the University of Chicago.
- Goubaud did not relax, as soon as he returned to Guatemala he began a two-year food study of Guatemalan Indians with the support of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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- In 1951 Antonio Goubaud Carrera passed away at the age of 49.
- He was survived by his wife Frances and two small daughters.
- Some of his more unforgettable credits include the Guatemalan Ambassador to Washington and principle lecturer of anthropology at the University of
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Bibliography :
INDIGENISMO EN GUATEMALA,
Reconnaissance of northern Guatemala, 1944 (Microfilm collection of manuscripts on Middle American cultural anthropology) ,The GuajxaquiÌp baÌts;: An Indian ceremony of Guatemala.
