Elkin, A. P. (Adolphus Peter), 1891-1979
Contributed to
oi08Cult-totemism and mythology in northern south Australia
Cult-totemism and mythology in northern south Australiaarticle 1934
oi08Kinship in south Australia
Kinship in south Australiaarticle 1938
oi08Kinship in south Australia
Kinship in south Australiaarticle 1938
oi08Kinship in south Australia
Kinship in south Australiaarticle 1939
oi08[Review of 'Aranda traditions' by T. G. H. Strehlow]
[Review of 'Aranda traditions' by T. G. H. Strehlow]article 1948
- Summary
- Adolphus Peter Elkin was an Australian anthropologist and Anglican clergyman. He was an influential anthropologist during the mid twentieth century and a proponent of the assimilation of Indigenous Australians. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1891 [2]
- 1891-03-27 [4]
- Birth Place
- Maitland [4]
- Died
- 1979 [2]
- 1979-07-09 [4]
- Death Place
- Camperdown [4]
- Country
- Australia [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- linguist [4]
- university teacher [4]
- ethnologist [4]
- Employer
- University of Sydney [4]
- Educated at
- University College London [4]
- University of Sydney [4]
- Country of Education
- Australia [4]
- United Kingdom [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [4]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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