James George Frazer

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James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist best known for his comparative study of religion and mythology in his seminal work "The Golden Bough."

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James George Frazer canonical 4
James Frazer 1
Sir James George Frazer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classicist
folklorist
human
social anthropologist
writer
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
awardReceived Order of Merit
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1854-01-01
dateOfDeath 1941-05-07
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Glasgow NERFINISHED
employer Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Frazer NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork anthropology
classics
comparative religion
folklore studies
mythology
givenName George NERFINISHED
James
influenced Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
Carl Gustav Jung NERFINISHED
James Joyce NERFINISHED
Joseph Campbell NERFINISHED
Robert Graves NERFINISHED
Sigmund Freud NERFINISHED
T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED
influencedBy Edward Burnett Tylor NERFINISHED
William Robertson Smith NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest magic
myth
religion
ritual
memberOf British Academy NERFINISHED
movement comparative mythology
evolutionary anthropology
name James George Frazer NERFINISHED
notableWork Folk-lore in the Old Testament NERFINISHED
The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion NERFINISHED
The Golden Bough NERFINISHED
Totemism and Exogamy NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Glasgow NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Cambridge NERFINISHED
positionHeld Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Professor of Social Anthropology
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male
spouse Lilly Frazer NERFINISHED

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Andrew Lang influencedBy James George Frazer
The Golden Bough author James George Frazer
The Golden Bough author James George Frazer
this entity surface form: Sir James George Frazer
Bronisław Malinowski influencedBy James George Frazer
this entity surface form: James Frazer
Jane Ellen Harrison influencedBy James George Frazer