Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1873, Dec. 25 | Born Rudolf Riemel Schuller near Vienna, Austria |
circa 1893 | Came to the Americas |
1899 | Defended his doctoral dissertation, school unknown |
1904 | In Montevideo, Uruguay. Spent time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, either before or after Montevideo |
1906-1907 | Published several articles in Santiago, Chile |
1908 | Worked on the border dispute between Peru and Bolivia |
1909 | Employed by the library of the Museum Emilio Goeldi, Belém do Pará, Brazil Nominated a corresponding member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1911 | Developed project for the National Library, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Traveled to Madrid and Seville, Spain |
1912 | Attended the Eighteenth Congress of Americanists, London, England Resigned his position at the Museum Emilio Goeldi because the state government of Pará, Brazil, could no longer pay his salary |
1913 | Attended the Nineteenth Congress of Americanists, Washington, D.C., as a delegate from the National Library, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1914 | Probably in Bahia, Brazil |
circa 1915-1917 | In Chicago, Ill. |
1917-1921 | Returned to and lived mostly in Vienna, Austria, following the severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Austria |
1921-circa 1929 | Lived in Mexico City and researched indigenous groups for the Mexican government; affiliated with the Anthropology Department, National University of Mexico |
1925 | Visited San Salvador |
1926 | In New Orleans, La.; returned to Mexico |
1928 | Visited San José, Costa Rica, and Guatemala |
1929 | Worked at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1932, Jan. 18 | Died while attending a conference, Barranquilla, Colombia |