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Georg Buschan

1863–1942

A physician by training, he became a prolific popularizer of ethnology and anthropology for German readers. His books and editorial work helped bring cross-cultural history, medicine, and folklore to a wider audience in the early 20th century.

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Die Sitten der Völker, Dritter Band Liebe, Ehe, Heirat, Geburt, Religion, Aberglaube, Lebensgewohnheiten, Kultureigentümlichkeiten, Tod und Bestattung bei allen Völkern der Erde

Die Sitten der Völker, Dritter Band Liebe, Ehe, Heirat, Geburt, Religion, Aberglaube, Lebensgewohnheiten, Kultureigentümlichkeiten, Tod und Bestattung bei allen Völkern der Erde

by Georg Buschan

About the author

Born in Frankfurt (Oder) on April 14, 1863, and dying in Stettin on November 6, 1942, Georg Buschan was a German physician, anthropologist, and ethnographer. He is remembered not only for medical writing, but also for the way he introduced broad audiences to questions of ethnology and cultural history.

Buschan wrote extensively on subjects ranging from folk medicine and prehistory to the peoples and traditions of different regions. He also played an editorial role in the field, including work connected with the journal Centralblatt für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte, and was associated with organizations devoted to ethnology and geography.

For readers today, his work offers a snapshot of how anthropology and popular science were presented in the German-speaking world of his time. While some of the scholarly language and assumptions of that era are dated, his wide-ranging curiosity and drive to make specialized knowledge accessible remain a notable part of his legacy.