Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Claude LÃ vi-Strauss ( ; ( 28 November 1908 â `` 30 October 2009 ) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist , and has been called the `` father of modern anthropology '' .
Simplified: Claude LÃ vi-Strauss ( ; born November 28 , 1908 - died October 30 , 2009 ) was a French anthropologist .