French's Ph.D. work at Columbia University involved studying under Ralph Linton and Ruth Benedict (he was Benedict's research assistant) and being heavily influenced by the milieu surrounding Franz Boas, who died while French was at Columbia.
French's Ph.D. work at Columbia University involved studying under Ralph Linton. French's Ph.D. work at Columbia University involved studying under Ruth Benedict. French's Ph.D. work at Columbia University involved being heavily influenced by the milieu surrounding Franz Boas. Franz Boas died. French was at Columbia.