Bascom, William Russell, 1912-
Contributed to
ff62Ifa Divination
Ifa Divinationarticle 1942
ff62The sociological role of the Yoruba cult-group
The sociological role of the Yoruba cult-groupBook 1944
ff62Social status, wealth and individual differences among the Yoruba
Social status, wealth and individual differences among the Yorubaarticle 1951
ff62Teh Esusu
Teh Esusuarticle 1952
ff62The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria
The Yoruba of Southwestern NigeriaBook 1969
- Summary
- William R. Bascom was an award-winning American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director. He was a specialist in the art and culture of West Africa and the African Diaspora, especially the Yoruba of Nigeria. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1912-05-23 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Princeton (Illinois, États-Unis) [3]
- Princeton [4]
- Died
- 1981-09-11 [2][4]
- Death Place
- San Francisco (Californie, États-Unis) [3]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- curator [4]
- Profession
- Anthropologe [2]
- Employer
- University of California, Berkeley [4]
- University of Cambridge [4]
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–Madison [4]
- Northwestern University [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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