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William R. Bascom (born Princeton, Illinois, 1912 - died September 11, 1981) was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director.

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dbpprop:abstract	William R. Bascom (born Princeton, Illinois, 1912 - died September 11, 1981) was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director. William R. Bascom, född 1922 i Princeton, Illinois, död 11 september 1981, var en amerikansk folklorist, antropolog och museiman. Bascom studerade vid University of Wisconsin-Madison och vid Northwestern University under Melville J. Herskovits 1939. Han själv undervisade vid Northwestern, Cambridge University och University of California vid Berkeley. Han var specialist på västafrikansk konst och kultur, särskilt yoruba i Nigeria.
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