Froelich Rainey was an American anthropologist and a master of narrative prose. He attended Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 and taught at the University of Alaska (1935-1942), specializing in Alaskan prehistory. During the Second World War, he worked for the United States Board of Economic Warfare

Board of Economic Warfare

The Office of Administrator of Export Control was established in the United States by Presidential Proclamation 2413, July 2, 1940, to administer export licensing provisions of the act of July 2, 1940 . Brigadier General Russell Lamont Maxwell, United States Army, headed up this military entity...

. After the war, he worked as an archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

, eventually becoming director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. He hosted the popular television show, "What in the World?

What in the World? (television show)

What in the World? was a television show in which the hosts tried to identify objects sent by listeners, primarily archaeological objects but also statues, fossils, ethnographic items and more....

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