Meyer Fortes
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Meyer Fortes was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, religion, and political organization in West African societies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meyer Fortes canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British anthropologist
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human ⓘ social anthropologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in anthropology ⓘ |
| approach | structural-functionalism ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | E. E. Evans-Pritchard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-04-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-01-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
London School of Economics
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University of Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Cambridge University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| ethnographicRegion | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Fortes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology of religion
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kinship studies ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
British social anthropology
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kinship theory in anthropology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of ancestor worship
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studies of West African societies ⓘ theory of kinship and descent ⓘ work on Ashanti social structure ⓘ work on Tallensi social organization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | British Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Meyer Fortes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
African Political Systems
NERFINISHED
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Kinship and the Social Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus and Job in West African Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dynamics of Clanship among the Tallensi NERFINISHED ⓘ The Web of Kinship among the Tallensi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
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William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Ashanti people of Ghana
NERFINISHED
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Tallensi people of northern Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
ancestor worship in West Africa
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relationship between kinship and political organization ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
analysis of descent groups and lineage organization
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concept of the developmental cycle of the domestic group ⓘ |
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