Ralph Linton

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American anthropologist anthropologist human

Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.

Aliases (1)

Clyde Kluckhohn ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American anthropologist → anthropologist → human →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1893-02-27 →
dateOfDeath	1953-12-24 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Harvard University → University of Pennsylvania →
employer	Columbia University → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
ethnographicResearchOn	Marquesas Islands → Native American cultures →
familyName	Linton →
fieldOfWork	anthropology → cultural anthropology → culture and personality studies →
gender	male →
genre	academic writing →
givenName	Ralph →
hasAcademicDiscipline	psychological anthropology → social anthropology →
influenced	culture and personality school in anthropology → social role theory in sociology →
influencedBy	Bronisław Malinowski → Franz Boas →
knownFor	popularizing the concepts of status and role in social anthropology → work on culture and personality →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Anthropological Association →
name	Ralph Linton →
nationality	American →
notableConcept	role (social role) → status (social position) →
notableIdea	distinction between ascribed status and achieved status →
notableWork	Culture and Personality → The Cultural Background of Personality → The Study of Man →
occupation	anthropologist → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Pennsylvania → Philadelphia →
placeOfDeath	Connecticut → New Haven →
positionHeld	chair of the anthropology department at Columbia University → president of the American Anthropological Association → professor of anthropology at Columbia University →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred L. Kroeber ("Clyde Kluckhohn") → Franz Boas →	influenced
Ralph Linton →	name