Turner, Victor Witter

The Lozi peoples of north-western Rhodesia
Book 1952

Summary: Victor Witter Turner was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Born: 1920-05-28 [2][6]
Birth Place: Glasgow [2][6]
Died: 1983-12-18 [2][6]
Death Place: Charlottesville, Va. [2]; Charlottesville [6]
Country: Great Britain [2]; United States [2]
Language: English [3][4]; Japanese [4]; Chinese [4]
Occupation: Etnologs [4]; Autors [4]; Pasniedzējs [4]; Antropologs [4]; anthropologist [6]; sociologist [6]
Employer: University of Chicago [6]
Work Place: Chicago, Ill. [2]
Educated at: University College London [6]; University of Manchester [6]
Country of Education: United Kingdom [6]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [6]
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]
Notable Names Database: Profile [6]
Oxford Reference: Overview [6]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Latvia; 5. National Library of Korea; 6. Wikidata

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