Tax, Sol, 1907-1995
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- Summary
- Sol Tax was an American anthropologist. He is best known for creating action anthropology and his studies of the Meskwaki, or Fox Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding the academic journal Current Anthropology. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1935 and, together with Fred Eggan, was a student of Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Library of Congress[5]National Library of Korea[6]Wikidata
- Born
- 1907-10-30 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[6]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Milwaukee, Wis. [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Milwaukee [6]Wikidata
- Died
- 1995-01-04 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)[6]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Chicago, Ill. [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Country
- United States [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- anthropologist [6]Wikidata
- university teacher [6]Wikidata
- Employer
- University of Chicago [6]Wikidata
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–Madison [6]Wikidata
- University of Chicago [6]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [6]Wikidata
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [6]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Korea
- 6. Wikidata
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