A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
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A. R. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneering British social anthropologist known for developing structural functionalism and conducting influential fieldwork in societies such as the Andaman Islanders and Australian Aboriginal groups.
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| A. R. Radcliffe-Brown canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6869697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Context triple: [Huxley Memorial Medal, notableRecipient, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown]
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A.
Raymond Firth
Raymond Firth was a prominent New Zealand-born social anthropologist best known for his influential work on economic anthropology and his studies of Tikopia society.
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B.
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
E. E. Evans-Pritchard was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential ethnographic studies of African societies and his role in shaping structural-functionalism in anthropology.
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C.
Ralph Linton
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.
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D.
Bronisław Malinowski
Bronisław Malinowski was a pioneering Polish-British anthropologist whose fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands helped establish modern social anthropology and the method of participant observation.
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E.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Target entity description: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneering British social anthropologist known for developing structural functionalism and conducting influential fieldwork in societies such as the Andaman Islanders and Australian Aboriginal groups.
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A.
Raymond Firth
Raymond Firth was a prominent New Zealand-born social anthropologist best known for his influential work on economic anthropology and his studies of Tikopia society.
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B.
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
E. E. Evans-Pritchard was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential ethnographic studies of African societies and his role in shaping structural-functionalism in anthropology.
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C.
Ralph Linton
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.
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D.
Bronisław Malinowski
Bronisław Malinowski was a pioneering Polish-British anthropologist whose fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands helped establish modern social anthropology and the method of participant observation.
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E.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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social anthropologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1881-01-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-10-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
King's College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName | Radcliffe-Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
social anthropology
ⓘ
structural functionalism ⓘ |
| fullName | Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alfred
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Reginald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
British social anthropology
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E. E. Evans-Pritchard NERFINISHED ⓘ Meyer Fortes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marcel Mauss
NERFINISHED
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Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing structural functionalism in anthropology
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fieldwork among Australian Aboriginal groups ⓘ fieldwork among the Andaman Islanders ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | structural functionalism ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
African Systems of Kinship and Marriage
NERFINISHED
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Structure and Function in Primitive Society NERFINISHED ⓘ The Andaman Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sparkbrook, Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Professor at the University of São Paulo
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Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney ⓘ Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town ⓘ Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Chicago ⓘ Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theory |
functional analysis of social institutions
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society as a system of social relations ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Andaman Islands
NERFINISHED
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Australia ⓘ Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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