Theodora Kroeber

American anthropologist

Theodora Covel Kracaw Kroeber Quinn (March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979) was an American writer and anthropologist. She wrote about many Native Californian cultures.[1] She was born in Denver, Colorado. Kroeber grew up in the mining town of Telluride. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley, for undergraduate and graduate studies. In 1926, she married anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.

Theodora Kroeber
Born
Theodora Covel Kracaw

(1897-03-24)March 24, 1897
DiedJuly 4, 1979(1979-07-04) (aged 82)
Alma materUC Berkeley
Occupation(s)Writer, anthropologist
SpousesClifton Spencer Brown 1921–1923, Alfred Louis Kroeber 1926–1960, John Harrison Quinn 1969–1979
ChildrenKarl, Ursula, Ted, Clifton

Her daughter was the writer Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018).

References change

  1. Buzaljko 1989, p. 187.