birth_date: 1858-09-02 00:00:00
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name: Frederick Starr
about: Frederick Starr (1858 – 1933) was an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator".As he was avid collector of charms (ofuda) and votive slips (senjafuda or nōsatsu) he was called Dr. Ofuda (お札博士 Ofuda Hakushi) in Japan. He sold much of this collection to art collector and museum specialist Gertrude Bass Warner, and it currently resides at the University of Oregon Knight Library Special Collections &amp; University Archives. Frederick Starr (1858 – 1933) was an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator".As he was avid collector of charms (ofuda) and votive slips (senjafuda or nōsatsu) he was called Dr. Ofuda (お札博士 Ofuda Hakushi) in Japan. He sold much of this collection to art collector and museum specialist Gertrude Bass Warner, and it currently resides at the University of Oregon Knight Library Special Collections &amp; University Archives. ...more
death_date: 1933-08-14 00:00:00