Frederica de Laguna, 98, Arctic Anthropologist, Dies
NY Times
Frederica de Laguna, an anthropologist whose work on the history and culture of little-known Arctic civilizations was groundbreaking in the most literal sense of the word, died on Oct. 6 at her home in Haverford, Pa. She was 98.Her death was announced by Bryn Mawr College, where Dr. de Laguna was the William R. Kenan Jr. professor emeritus of anthropology. She founded the college’s anthropology department and taught there from 1938 until her retirement in 1975.
