Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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Summary: Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born: 1901-12-16 [4][6]
Birth Place: Philadelphia [4]; Philadelphia, Pa. [6]
Died: 1978-11-15 [4][6]
Death Place: New York City [4]; New York, NY [6]
Country: United States [6]
Language: English [7]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]; writer [4]; film director [4]; curator [4]; poet [4]
Employer: Columbia University [4]; University of Rhode Island [4]; American Museum of Natural History [4]
Educated at: Barnard College [4]; Columbia University [4]; Solebury School [4]; DePauw University [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [4]
Yale LUX: Entity [4]
Notable Names Database: Profile [4]
British Museum person-institution thesaurus: Entry [4]
Oxford Reference: Overview [4]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [4]
Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present: Profile (requires subscription) [4]

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

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