Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953

The Tanala, a hill tribe of Madagascar
Book 1933

Summary: Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955). One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1893 [2]; 1893-02-27 [5]
Birth Place: Philadelphie, Pa. [3]; Philadelphia [5]
Died: 1953 [2]; 1953-12-24 [5]
Death Place: New Haven, Conn. [3]; New Haven [5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; sociologist [5]
Profession: Anthropologe [2]
Employer: Yale University [5]; Columbia University [5]
Educated at: Columbia University [5]; Harvard University [5]; Swarthmore College [5]; University of Pennsylvania [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
Notable Names Database: Profile [5]
British Museum person-institution thesaurus: Entry [5]
Oxford Reference: Overview [5]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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