biography
| name: |
Bachofen, Johann Jakob
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pronunciation:
[bahkhohfen]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1815–87)
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| biography:
| Jurist, anthropologist, and historian, born in Basel, N Switzerland. Professor of Roman law at Basel University (1841–5), he is known for his work on the theory of matriarchy, Das Mutterrecht (1841). |
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