Arthur J. O. Anderson
Encyclopedia
Arthur James Outram Anderson (November 26, 1907 – June 3, 1996) was an American
anthropologist specializing in Aztec culture
and translator
of the Nahuatl language. He was renowned for his and Charles E. Dibble
's translation of the Florentine Codex
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Bernardino de Sahagún
, a project which took 30 years.
Anderson died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 3, 1996.
United States
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anthropologist specializing in Aztec culture
Aztec society
Pre-Columbian Aztec society was a highly complex and stratified society that developed among the Aztecs of central Mexico in the centuries prior to the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and which was built on the cultural foundations of the larger region of Mesoamerica...
and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
of the Nahuatl language. He was renowned for his and Charles E. Dibble
Charles E. Dibble
Charles E. Dibble was an American academic, anthropologist, linguist, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. A former Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah, Dibble retired in 1978 after an association with the university as lecturer and researcher spanning...
's translation of the Florentine Codex
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is the common name given to a 16th century ethnographic research project in Mesoamerica by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún. Bernardino originally titled it: La Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva Espana...
by fray
Friar
A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders.-Friars and monks:...
Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain . Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New Spain in 1529, and spent more than 50 years conducting interviews regarding Aztec...
, a project which took 30 years.
Anderson died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 3, 1996.