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Konrad Theodor Preuss
Konrad
Theodor Preuss
was a
German
ethnologist
. He was
chairman
of the
Lithuanian Literary Society
.
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
Ethnological Museum of Berlin
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
and died in
Berlin
.
He became
foreign
member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
in 1928.
Works
Die
geistige Kultur
der
Naturvölker
. Leipzig, 1914
Grammatik
der Cora-Sprache
,
Columbia, New York
1932