He is remembered for his studies of "primitive" science and religions.

He completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy and law at Dickinson College, and in 1907 went up to Wadham College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, studying Edward Burnett Tylor.

After retiring from Minnesota, he taught for a time at Annhurst College.

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