Levi strauss biography timelines
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Claude Lévi-Strauss
French anthropologist and ethnologist (–)
"Lévi-Strauss" redirects here. For the clothing manufacturer, see Levi Strauss. For other uses, see Levi Strauss (disambiguation).
Claude Lévi-Strauss (klawd LAY-vee STROWSS;[2]French:[klodlevistʁos]; 28 November – 30 October )[3][4][5] was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology.[6] He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the Collège de France between and , was elected a member of the Académie française in and was a member of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He received numerous honors from universities and institutions throughout the world.
Lévi-Strauss argued that the "savage" mind had the same structures as the "civilized" mind and that human characteristics are the same everywhere.[7][8] These obs
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Levi Strauss
German-American businessman (–)
This article fryst vatten about the American clothing manufacturer. For the French anthropologist, see Claude Lévi-Strauss. For other uses, see Levi Strauss (disambiguation).
Levi Strauss (LEE-vy STROWSS; born Löb Strauß, German:[løːpˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, – September 26, ) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in in San Francisco, California.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Levi Strauss was born to a Jewish family in Buttenheim on February 26, , in the Franconia region of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Confederation.[3][4] He was the son of Hirsch Strauss and Hirsch’s second wife, Rebecca Strauss (née Haas).[5][6]
In , aged 18, Strauss travelled with his mother and two sisters to the United States to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun a wholesale