Lévi-Strauss, Claude

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Summary: Claude Lévi-Strauss was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the Collège de France between 1959 and 1982, was elected a member of the Académie française in 1973 and was a member of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He received numerous honors from universities and institutions throughout the world. Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [8]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Born: 1908-11-28 [2]
Birth Place: Brüssel [2]; City of Brussels [8]
Died: 2009-10-30 [2]
Death Place: Paris [2]; 16th arrondissement of Paris [8]
Country: France [2]
Language: French [3][4]
Occupation: Antropologs [4]; Etnologs [4]; philosopher [8]; politician [8]; anthropologist [8]; photographer [8]; pedagogue [8]; writer [8]; professor [8]; sociologist [8]; psychologist [8]; mythographer [8]; ethnologist [8]; researcher [8]
Employer: University of São Paulo [8]; Collège de France [8]; School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences [8]; École pratique des hautes études [8]
Field of Activity: Antropoloģija [4]; Etnoloģija [4]
Educated at: Lycée Condorcet [8]; Paris Law Faculty [8]; Lycée Janson-de-Sailly [8]
Country of Education: France [8]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Latvia; 5. National Library of Korea; 6. National Library and Archives of Québec; 7. Danish Bibliographic Centre; 8. Wikidata

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