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Alfred Radcliffe-Brown

1881 - 1955

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Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, FBA (born Alfred Reginald Brown; 17 January 1881 – 24 October 1955) 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 model the field of anthropology after the natural sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Radcliffe-Brown is the 17th most popular anthropologist (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 774th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Anthropologist.

Alfred Radcliffe-Brown was a British anthropologist who was most famous for his work on kinship and social organization. He is considered one of the founders of structural-functionalism.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown ranks 17 out of 93. Before him are Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, Clifford Geertz, Eugène Dubois, Birutė Galdikas, and Knud Rasmussen. After him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, Wilhelm Schmidt, and Marvin Harris.

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Among people born in 1881, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown ranks 50. Before him are Ivan Ribar, Henry Maitland Wilson, Otto Bauer, Carlo Carrà, Sveinn Björnsson, and Emil Ludwig. After him are Lewis Fry Richardson, P. G. Wodehouse, Artur Phleps, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Ludwig Binswanger, and Hakaru Hashimoto. Among people deceased in 1955, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown ranks 34. Before him are Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Michael Chekhov, Mihály Károlyi, Leonid Govorov, Major Ritchie, and Oswald Avery. After him are Cordell Hull, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Alexandros Papagos, Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, and Archie Hahn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown ranks 1,007 out of 8,785. Before him are Julia Gillard (1961), Jony Ive (1967), Richard Wilson (1936), James Meade (1907), Robert Hichens (1882), and James Thomson (1700). After him are Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Peter Shilton (1949), Tony Buzan (1942), Reginald Lee (1870), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), and David I of Scotland (1084).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown ranks 5. Before him are Jane Goodall (1934), James George Frazer (1854), Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), and Gregory Bateson (1904). After him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Mary Leakey (1913), Victor Turner (1920), Edmund Leach (1910), Ashley Montagu (1905), Jack Goody (1919), and Hugh Falconer (1808).

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