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*Raymond D. Fogelson
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* Meyer Fortes
*Gregory Forth
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*Dian Fossey
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* Kate Fox
*Robin Fox
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*James Frazer
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He was born on 1 Janua ...
*Lina Fruzzetti
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*Clifford Geertz
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*Alfred Gell
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*Ernest Gellner
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* Maurice Godelier
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* Marjorie Harness Goodwin
*Igor Gorevich
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* Harold A. Gould
*David Graeber
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* J. Patrick Gray
*Marcel Griaule
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*Jacob Grimm
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*Wilhelm Grimm
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Wilhelm was born in February 1786 in Hanau, i ...
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*Michael Harner
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*John P. Harrington
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*Marvin Harris
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*K. David Harrison
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Biography
Harrison received his PhD from Yale University as a stu ...
*Kirsten Hastrup
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*Stephen C. Headley
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* Alfred E. Johnson
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*Sergei Kan
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*William Labov
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The con ...
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Ea ...
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She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard C ...
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Born in Warwick, Queensland and ...
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During World War II, he served ...
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*James Mooney
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* John H. Moore
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*Desmond Morris
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*Josiah Nott
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Biography
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*Joel Robbins
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*Renato Rosaldo
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Biography
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* Michael Taussig
*Edward Burnett Tylor
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Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism. In his works ''Primitive Culture'' (1871) and ''Anthropology'' (1 ...
*Colin Turnbull
Colin Macmillan Turnbull (November 23, 1924 – July 28, 1994) was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books ''The Forest People'' (on the Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire) and '' The Mountain People'' (on the Ik ...
*Victor Turner
Victor Witter Turner (28 May 1920 – 18 December 1983) was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as ...
*Bruce Trigger
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Life
Born in Preston, Ontario (now part of C ...
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*Karl Verner
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Biography
Verner's interest in languages was stimulated by reading about the work of Rasmus Chris ...
* L. P. Vidyarthi
*Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
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He has published many books and articles which are considered important in anthropol ...
*Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
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* Anthony F. C. Wallace
*Lee Henderson Watkins
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* Camilla Wedgwood
* Hank Wesselman
*Kath Weston
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Biography
Kath Weston was born in Illinois on 2 Novembe ...
* Douglas R. White
* Isobel Mary White
*Leslie White
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* Tim White
*Benjamin Whorf
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*Unni Wikan
Unni Wikan (born 18 November 1944) is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has served as visiting professor at the University of Chicago (2011), Harvard University (1999–2000), Goethe University, Frankfurt (200 ...
* Clark Wissler
*Eric Wolf
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Early life Life in Vienna
Wolf was born in Vi ...
* Alvin Wolfe
*Sol Worth
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*Nur Yalman
Nur Yalman is a leading Turkish social anthropologist at Harvard University, where he serves as senior Research Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies.
Career
Yalman received his high school diploma from Robert College, Istan ...
*Kim Yeshi
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* Jarrett Zigon
*R. Tom Zuidema
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Fictional anthropologists
*Mary Albright
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(Jane Curtin
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) in the sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun
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*Temperance "Bones" Brennan
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(Emily Deschanel
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Early life
Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, to c ...
) in the television series ''Bones
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*Temperance Brennan
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in the novel series ''Temperance Brennan'' by Kathy Reichs
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Early life and education
Kathleen ...
* Chakotay ( Robert Beltran) in the television series '' Star Trek: Voyager''
*Michael Burnham
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( Sonequa Martin-Green) in the television series '' Star Trek: Discovery''
* Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks
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, James Spader
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) in the television series and film ''Stargate SG-1
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* Charlotte Lewis (Rebecca Mader
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) in the television series ''Lost
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Geography
* Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
*Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
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See also
* List of female anthropologists
* List of Black Anthropologists
References
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Anthropologists
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