Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979

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Summary: Reo Franklin Fortune was a New Zealand-born social anthropologist. Originally trained as a psychologist, Fortune was a student of some of the major theorists of British and American social anthropology including Alfred Cort Haddon, Bronislaw Malinowski and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. He lived an international life, holding various academic and government positions: in China, at Lingnan University from 1937 to 1939; in Toledo, Ohio, USA from 1940 to 1941; at the University of Toronto, from 1941 to 1943; in Burma, as government anthropologist, from 1946 to 1947; and finally, at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom from 1947 to 1971, as lecturer in social anthropology specialising in Melanesian language and culture. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4]
Born: 1903-03-27 [2]
Birth Place: Coromandel, Nouvelle-Zélande [3]; Coromandel [4]
Died: 1979-11-25 [2]
Death Place: Cambridge, GB [3]; Cambridge [4]
Country: New Zealand [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: mathematician [4]; anthropologist [4]; academic [4]
Profession: Anthropologe [2]
Employer: University of Cambridge [4]
Educated at: Victoria University of Wellington [4]
Country of Education: New Zealand [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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