Westermarck, Edward, 1862-1939
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- Summary
- Edvard Alexander Westermarck was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1862 [2]
- 1862-11-20 [5]
- Birth Place
- Helsinki [5]
- Died
- 1939 [2]
- 1939-09-03 [5]
- Death Place
- Tenala [5]
- Country
- Finland [2]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- philosopher [5]
- physician [5]
- sociologist [5]
- university teacher [5]
- essayist [5]
- Employer
- London School of Economics and Political Science [5]
- Åbo Akademi University [5]
- Work Place
- Helsinki [2]
- Educated at
- University of Helsinki [5]
- Country of Education
- Finland [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Notable Names Database
- Profile [5]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Library of Congress
- 4. National Library of Korea
- 5. Wikidata
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