Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942

Argonauts of the western Pacific
Book 1922

Summary: Bronisław Kasper Malinowski was a Polish anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born: 1884 [2]; 1884-04-07 [6]
Birth Place: Krakau [2]; Kraków [6]
Died: 1942 [2]; 1942-05-16 [6]
Death Place: New Haven (Conn.) [3]; New Haven [6]
Country: Poland [2]; Great Britain [2]
Language: Polish [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [6]; university teacher [6][6]; sociologist [6]; ethnographer [6]; photographer [6]; social anthropologist [6]; ethnologist [6]
Employer: Cornell University [6]; London School of Economics and Political Science [6]; Yale University [6]
Work Place: London [2]
Educated at: Leipzig University [6]; London School of Economics and Political Science [6]; Jagiellonian University [6]; Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków [6]
Country of Education: Poland [6]; Germany [6]; United Kingdom [6]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [6]
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]
Notable Names Database: Profile [6]
Oxford Reference: Overview [6]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [6]

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

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