Robert Thomas Aitken
Anthropologist
About Robert Thomas Aitken
Lived 1890 – 1977 (aged 87).
Robert Thomas Aitken (June 13, 1890 – June 22, 1977) was an American anthropologist known for his work in Oceania while at the Bishop Museum in Hawaiʻi.
Biography Born in Livermore, California, in 1890, Aitken was raised and educated with his sister and two brothers atop Mt. Hamilton, where his father, Robert Grant Aitken, was an astronomer at the Lick Observatory.
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Who was Robert Thomas Aitken?
anthropologist (1890-1977)
When was Robert Thomas Aitken born?
Robert Thomas Aitken was born on 13 June 1890 in Livermore.
When did Robert Thomas Aitken die?
Robert Thomas Aitken died on 22 June 1977 in Placerville.
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