Andrew Jamieson Strathern (born 19 January 1939) is a British anthropologist. Strathern earned a doctorate at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, and teaches at the

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, where he serves as Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology. He is married to Pamela J. Stewart, a fellow anthropologist employed at Pitt. A collection of their joint work is held at the University of Pittsburgh, as the Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern Archive, and at the

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, as the Strathern (Andrew) and Pamela J. Stewart Photographs and Audiorecordings. Andrew Strathern is a fellow of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. He was previously married to

Marilyn Strathern Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA (née Evans; born 6 March 1941) is a British anthropologist, who has worked largely with the Mount Hagen people of Papua New Guinea and dealt with issues in the UK of reproductive technologies.

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