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Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
British social anthropologist (–)
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown | |
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A. R. Radcliffe-Brown | |
| Born | Alfred Reginald Brown 17 January Birmingham, England |
| Died | 24 October &#;() (aged&#;74) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
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| Fields | Social anthropology |
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, FBA (born Alfred Reginald Brown; –) was an English social anthropologist who helped further develop the theory of structural functionalism. He conducted fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and Western Australia, which became the basis of his later books. He held academic appointments at universities in Cape Town, Sydney, Chicago, and Oxford, and sought to use model the field of anthopology after the natural sciences.
Biography
[edit]Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown was born Alfred Reginald Brown in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England, the second son of Alfred Brown (d), a manufacturer's clerk, and his wife Hannah (née Radcliffe). He
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Radcliffe-Brown, A(lfred) R(eginald)
PERSONAL: Born January 17, ; died October 24, Education: Attended University of Birmingham and Cambridge University.
CAREER: Director of Education for Tonga, ; taught in Cape Town, South Africa, , Sydney, Australia, , at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, , and at Oxford University, Founder of journal Oceania.
WRITINGS:
The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology,Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England),
The Australian Aborigines, Institute of Pacific Relations (Honolulu, HI),
The Social Organization of Australian Tribes, Macmillan (Melbourne, Australia),
Taboo, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England),
(Editor, with Daryll Forde) African Systems of Kinship and Marriage,Oxford University Press (New York, NY),
Structure and Function in Primitive Society: Essays and Addresses, Cohen & West (London, England),
A Natural Science of Society, Free Press (Glencoe, IL),
Method inom
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Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown
ALFRED REGINALD RADCLIFFE-BROWN, F.B.A., A MEMOIR
by MEYER FORTES, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Cambridge
Professor A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford and formerly Fellow of All Souls College, died in London on 24 October, , in his seventy-fifth year. He was seriously ill, off and on, throughout the last five years of his life. While at Rhodes University, South Africa, in , he fell and broke some ribs and though he made a remarkable recovery the accident probably aggravated the pulmonary illness which had been sapping his constitution. He never lamented his lot. However ill he was, he always rejoiced to see his friends and to meet younger anthropologists. To the end he remained dedicated to his life-long ideal, the advancement of social anthropology as a scientific and humanistic discipline. The posthumous letter on Australian local organization in the