Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkbp:birth_date 1902-09-21
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Gillingham,_England
gptkbp:burial_place Cremated at Oxford Crematorium
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:contribution Development of social anthropology
Ethnographic methods
Analysis of religious beliefs
Study of kinship and marriage
gptkbp:death_date 1973-09-11
gptkbp:field gptkb:physicist
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard
gptkbp:influence Cultural anthropology
Symbolic anthropology
Post-colonial anthropology
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mary_Douglas
gptkb:Victor_Turner
gptkb:Clifford_Geertz
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Malinowski
gptkbp:known_for Fieldwork in Africa
gptkbp:legacy Influence on future anthropologists
Integration of fieldwork and theory
Recognition of indigenous knowledge systems
Pioneering work in African anthropology
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkb:Azande
Nuer
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Witchcraft,_Oracles_and_Magic_among_the_Azande
gptkb:The_Nuer
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Congo
gptkb:University
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:Sudan
East Africa
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:position_held Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley
Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology
Lecturer at University of Oxford
Professor of Social Anthropology at University of Oxford
gptkbp:research_focus Social structure of the Nuer
Witchcraft among the Azande
gptkbp:spouse Eileen Evans-Pritchard
gptkbp:staff gptkb:E._E._Evans-Pritchard