Leonhard Schultze-Jena

Leonhard Schultze-Jena was born in Jena on 28 May 1872; the son of a gynaecologist, he added his father's honorary title to his name in 1912. A zoologist and anthropologist, he explored German South West Africa and the Kalahari from 1903 to 1905, then led a border expedition in New Guinea in 1910. Professor of geography at the University of Marburg, he then turned to the indigenous languages and cultures of Mesoamerica, from Guatemala to Mexico. He died in Marburg on 28 March 1955.

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• TaleIndiana II: Mythen in der Muttersprache der PipilLeonhard Schultze-Jena · 1935not translated into EnglishLiterature