ANTHROPOLOGIST

Françoise Héritier

1933 - 2017

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Françoise Héritier (15 November 1933 – 15 November 2017) was a French anthropologist, ethnologist, and feminist. She was the successor to Claude Lévi-Strauss to hold the chair of anthropology at the Collège de France, and held the inaugural chair of Comparative Study of African Societies from 1983. Her work dealt mainly with the theory of alliances and on the prohibition of incest, both theories based on the notion of exchange of women. In addition to Lévi-Strauss, she was also influenced by Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Héritier is the 82nd most popular anthropologist (down from 81st in 2019), the 4,825th most popular biography from France (down from 4,807th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Françoise Héritier ranks 82 out of 93. Before her are Hugh Falconer, Yves Coppens, Vladimir Bogoraz, George Murdock, Jean Malaurie, and Eric Wolf. After her are Grete Mostny, Marcellin Boule, Marilyn Strathern, Carleton S. Coon, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, and Napoleon Chagnon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Françoise Héritier ranks 426. Before her are Peter Härtling, Maurice Moucheraud, Tom Courtney, Josef Němec, Peter Arundell, and Irmtraud Morgner. After her are Anita Gradin, Alexander Mitta, Chita Rivera, Habib Thiam, Leonid Bartenyev, and Stan Brakhage. Among people deceased in 2017, Françoise Héritier ranks 454. Before her are Václav Machek, Dieter Kottysch, Glenne Headly, Kim Joo-hyuk, Adolph Kiefer, and Paul Falk. After her are Rodrigo Valdez, Viktor Chanov, Aníbal Ruiz, Lothar Thoms, Nancy Dupree, and Laurynas Stankevičius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Héritier ranks 4,825 out of 6,770. Before her are Michel Deguy (1930), Bérénice Marlohe (1979), François Mazet (1943), George Fitzmaurice (1885), André Strappe (1928), and Raphaël Guerreiro (1993). After her are Henri Lepage (1908), Robert Défossé (1909), Bertrand Meyer (1950), Henry of Blois (1096), Randal Kolo Muani (1998), and Michel Roger (1949).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Françoise Héritier ranks 12. Before her are Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), Philippe Descola (1949), and Yves Coppens (1934). After her are Marcellin Boule (1861).

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