FREDERIC WARD PUTNAM, 1839-1915 
Professor Putnam was one of the most eminent American anthropologists. He had official con- 
nection with many learned societies and had been decorated by the French Government with the 
Cross of the Legion of Honor. It is directly due to his influence that anthropology has come to 
occupy its present high position in American museums, making these institutions the instrument 
of field research. Professor Putnam. was an optimistic believer that proofs of man’s presence in 
America during the last period of glaciation will ultimately be found 
