Meyer Fortes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 41 years ago |
Date of birth | April 25,1906 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Britstown |
South Africa | |
Date of died | January 27,1983 |
Died | Cambridge |
United Kingdom | |
Field | Anthropology |
Books | Kinship and the social order |
The dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi | |
The web of kinship among the Tallensi | |
Oedipus and Job in West African religion | |
Time and Social Structure and Other Essays | |
Religion, morality, and the person | |
Marriage in tribal societies | |
Rules and the emergence of society | |
Ödipus und Hiob in westafrikanischen Religionen | |
Notable student | Jack Goody |
Academic advisor | Bronisław Malinowski |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 594011 |
Meyer Fortes Life story
Meyer Fortes FBA FRAI was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana.