Frank B. Russell (August 26, 1868 – November 7, 1903) was an American anthropologist and ethnologist. Russell was Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Elizabeth Carleton and David Chandler Russell. He attended the University of Iowa, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1892 and Master of Science in 1895. He then attended Harvard University where he received Bachelor of Arts in 1896, Master of Arts in 1897 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1898. Previous to this collegiate course he had spent two and a half years as explorer alone in the far north of Canada and one year as a portrait painter. His first position as teacher was that of assistant in zoology at the University of Iowa in 1892. At Harvard he taught as assistant in anthropology from 1896 to 1897, and in 1897 was made instructor in an