The plaque commemorating Edward Sapir hangs on the wall in the stairwell just inside the front doors of the Canadian Museum of Nature just south of where Metcalfe Street intersects with McLeod Street.
EDWARD SAPIR
1884 — 1939
1884 — 1939
Born in Germany and raised and educated in the United States, Sapir came to Ottawa in 1910 to head the Division of Anthroplogy of the Geological Survey of Canada. This division later became the National Museaum of Man. During his 15 years at the Museum he furthered the study of Canada's indigenous peoples, and contributed significantly to the understanding and classification of their languages, as well as to building a national ethnographic collection. His interests included linguistics, ethnology, psychology and literature. He left an international intellectual legacy which endures to the present.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
EDWARD SAPIR
1884 — 1939
1884 — 1939
Sapir naquit en Allemagne, grandit et fit ses études aux États-Unis et vint à Ottawa en 1910 pour diriger la Division d'Anthroplogie de la Commission géologique du Canada, qui allait devenir le Musée national de l'Homme. Durant ses 15 ans au Musée il fit progresser la recherche sur les peuples autochtones du Canada et contribua de façon significative à la compréhension et à la classification de leurs langues ainsi qu'à l'édification d'une collection ethnographique nationale. Intéressé à la linguistique, à l'ethnologie, à la psychologie et à la littérature, il laissa un héritage intellectuel international qui est encore vivant.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.
