E. E. Evans-Pritchard
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| E. E. Evans-Pritchard canonical | 10 |
| Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard | 2 |
| Evans-Pritchard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5965847 — 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: E. E. Evans-Pritchard Context triple: [Bronisław Malinowski, influenced, E. E. Evans-Pritchard]
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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.
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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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.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
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E.
Robert H. Lowie
Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
- 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: E. E. Evans-Pritchard Target entity description: 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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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.
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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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.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
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E.
Robert H. Lowie
Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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social anthropologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Bronisław Malinowski ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1973-09-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Exeter College, Oxford
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London School of Economics ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupStudied |
Anuak
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Azande ⓘ
linked to:
Zande people
Nuer ⓘ Sanusi ⓘ
linked to:
Sanusiyya
|
| familyName |
Evans-Pritchard
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linked to:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
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| fieldOfWork |
African studies
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ethnography ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ religious anthropology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
ⓘ
linked to:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
|
| givenName |
Edward
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Evan ⓘ |
| influenced |
British social anthropology
ⓘ
the study of religion in anthropology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
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Bronisław Malinowski ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to structural-functionalism
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ethnographic fieldwork among the Azande ⓘ ethnographic fieldwork among the Nuer ⓘ studies of African political systems ⓘ studies of African religious systems ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | British Academy ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| movement | structural functionalism ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Nuer Religion
ⓘ
Social Anthropology ⓘ The Nuer ⓘ
linked to:
Nuer
The Sanusi of Cyrenaica ⓘ Theories of Primitive Religion ⓘ Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Crowborough, Sussex, England
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linked to:
Crowborough, East Sussex, England
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| placeOfDeath |
Oxford, England
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linked to:
Oxford
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford
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Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: E. E. Evans-Pritchard Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: E. E. Evans-Pritchard