The Sir James George Frazer Memorial Lectureship in Social Anthropology is a British academic lecture series. In 1920 a sum of £675 was raised by a committee of the University of Cambridge for the purpose of commemorating Sir James Frazer's contributions to learning. In accordance with the wishes of the subscribers, a Frazer Lectureship in Anthropology was founded, the annual income of the fund being assigned to the

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and

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in rotation for this purpose.

Lectures

Oxford Lectures

Cambridge Lectures

Glasgow Lectures

Liverpool Lectures

References

*''Oxford University Gazette'' *''Cambridge University Reporter'' *''University of Liverpool Recorder'' *Medals, Awards, and Memorial Lecture Series in Anthropology. ''Yearbook of Anthropology''. (1955), pp. 753–763. *Dawson, Warren Royal. 1932. ''The Frazer lectures, 1922–1932, by divers hands''. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited.

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