Fortes, Meyer
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Name (Latin)
Fortes, Meyer
Date of birth
1906-04-25
Date of death
1982-01-27
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Anthropology
Kinship
Political anthropology
Sociology
Tallensi (African people)
Occupation
Anthropologists
Social scientists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Britannica (online), viewed February 23, 2021(Meyer Fortes; British social anthropologist, known for his investigations of West African societies; born April 25, 1906, Britstown, Cape Province, S. Africa; died January 27, 1983, Cambridge, England; after studying at the University of Cape Town, he received his Ph.D. in psychology from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1930; in 1932 he turned from psychology to anthropology and studied under Bronislaw Malinowski at the LSE; during 1934-37 he worked in Ghana, and was appointed lecturer in social anthropology at the LSE upon his return; he was then appointed research lecturer in African sociology at the University of Oxford; he was professor of social anthropology at King's College, Cambridge, 1950-1973; his special interests were the political anthropology and kinship systems of various African peoples, especially the Tallensi; most of his studies were conducted in nations along the Guinea coast of Africa)
- Petermann, B.The gestalt theory ... 1932.
- His Religion, morality, and the person, 1987:CIP t.p. (Meyer Fortes) galley (b. 1906; d. 1982)