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Born November 5, 1902 • Lausanne • Switzerland
Died April 12, 1963 (aged 60) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Easter Island • Haiti • Tupinambá • Vodou • culture
William Duncan Strong
American anthropologist
Henri Alexandre Junod
Swiss anthropologist
Franz Boas
Franz Boas
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Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
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Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
British anthropologist
E.E. Evans-Pritchard
British anthropologist
Elsie Clews Parsons.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist
Lewis Henry Morgan
Lewis Henry Morgan
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Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict
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Fletcher, Alice Cunningham
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
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A.L. Kroeber
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Alfred M. Tozzer
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Paul Radin
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A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
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Joseph H. Greenberg
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Julian Steward
Julian Steward
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Robert H. Lowie
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Géza Róheim
American ethnologist
Fei Xiaotong
Chinese social anthropologist
R.H. Codrington
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