Adolf Bastian

Adolf Bastian
Adolf Bastian, 1892
Born(1826-06-26)26 June 1826
Bremen, German Confederation
Died2 February 1905(1905-02-02) (aged 78)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology

Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 1826 – 2 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. His theory of the Elementargedanke resulted in Carl Jung's development of the theory of archetypes. His ideas influenced the "father of American anthropology" Franz Boas and comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.

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