2 Quotes & Sayings By Leo Frobenius

Leo Frobenius was a German-born linguist and anthropologist who studied the languages of many non-literate cultures and contributed significantly to the understanding of the origins of language. During World War I, Frobenius worked for military intelligence in Europe. He was arrested by the Germans in 1917, deported to Russia, and forced to serve in the Russian army until 1920. After he completed his work on the Kurile Islands, he returned to Germany in 1920, where he became a professor of anthropology at the University of Heidelberg Read more