Sheila Patterson (''

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

'' Caffyn; 30 March 1918 – 21 June 1998) was a British

social anthropologist Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In t ...

who specialised in race,

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...

, and race and ethnic relations. She undertook research in South Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom. From 1971 to 1987, she was editor of '' New Community'' (now named the ''Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies''), a

journal A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

published by the Community Relations Commission.

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Sheila 1918 births 1998 deaths British women anthropologists British social anthropologists British ethnographers 20th-century British anthropologists