Schapera, Isaac, 1905-
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- Summary
- Isaac Schapera FBA FRAI was a British social anthropologist at the London School of Economics specialising in South Africa. He was notable for his contributions of ethnographic and typological studies of the indigenous peoples of Botswana and South Africa. Additionally, he was one of the founders of the group that would develop British social anthropology. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][4][5]
- Born
- 1905-06-23 [2][5]
- Birth Place
- Garies [5]
- Died
- 2003-06-26 [2][5]
- Death Place
- London [2][5]
- Country
- Great Britain [2]
- South Africa [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- university teacher [5]
- Employer
- London School of Economics and Political Science [5]
- University of Chicago [5]
- University of Toronto [5]
- Educated at
- University of Cape Town [5]
- London School of Economics and Political Science [5]
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [5]
- South Africa [5]
- Archives at
- LSE Library Archives and Special Collections [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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