Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

female, deceased (1978) (Lewiston, Idaho, United States)
Episcopalian, lewis-clark state college, Philadelphia writer, American women writer, anthropology, Youth empowerment individuals…American, americananthropologicalassociation
Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901, Philadelphia - November 15, 1978, New York City) was an American cultural anthropologist.
Clifford Geertz

Clifford Geertz

male, deceased (2006) (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Anthropologist of religion, Death from surgical complications, Anthropologist, Clifford James Geertz, Institute for Advanced Study, writer…American, americananthropologicalassociation, American Academy of Arts
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist and served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study,...
Napoleon Chagnon

Napoleon Chagnon

male, 71 years old
University of Michigan, human behavioral ecology, Native American in South America, Napoleon A. Chagnon, Yanomamö, yanomami…American, americananthropologicalassociation
Napoleon A. Chagnon is an American anthropologist and professor emeritus at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Born in Port Austin,...
Marvin Harris

Marvin Harris

male, deceased (2001)
Theories of history, cultural materialism, Anthropologist, Columbia University alumni, americananthropologicalassociation, American
Marvin Harris (August 18 1927 - October 25 2001) was an American anthropologist. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of...
Dell Hymes

Dell Hymes

male, 82 years old
linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, anthropological linguistics, Dell Hathaway Hymes, journal, Ph.D.…American Folklore Society, americananthropologicalassociation, American
Dell Hathaway Hymes (born June 7, 1927 in Portland, Oregon) is a sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist whose work has dealt primarily with...
Elsie Clews Parsons

Elsie Clews Parsons

female, deceased (1941)
Columbia University, Sociologist, Anthropologist, Columbia University alumni, Feminist, Native American…americananthropologicalassociation, American, American Folklore Society, American Ethnological Society, The Journal of American Folklore
Elsie Clews Parsons was an American anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist, and feminist who studied Native American tribes—such as the Pueblo an...
Vine Deloria Jr.

Vine Deloria Jr.

male, deceased (2005)
Oglala Lakota, University of Colorado alumni, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, university of colorado at boulder, Anthropologist, University of Arizona…national congress of american indian, Native American, americananthropologicalassociation, national museum of the american indian
Vine Deloria, Jr. was an author, theologian, historian, and activist. Deloria was the grandson of Tipi Sapa "(Black Lodge)" aka Rev. Philip Joseph...
Elizabeth Brumfiel

Elizabeth Brumfiel

female (Evanston, Illinois, United States)
professor, anthropology, Northwestern University, Archaeologist, americananthropologicalassociation, Xaltocan
Elizabeth Brumfiel is an American archaeologist who teaches at Northwestern University. She is a former president of the American Anthropological...

Roy Rappaport

male
Tsembaga Maring, Anthropologist of religion, Roy A. Rappaport, cognized environment, operational environment, ecological anthropology…americananthropologicalassociation
Roy A. Rappaport (1926-1997) was a distinguished anthropologist known for his contributions to the anthropological study of ritual and to...
Harry Hoijer

Harry Hoijer

male, deceased (1976)
linguist, fieldnotes, Lipan Apache, Anthropologist, southern, extinct language…American, americananthropologicalassociation
Harry Hoijer (September 6, 1904 - March 11, 1976) was a linguist and anthropologist who worked on primarily Athabaskan languages and culture. He...