W. H. R. Rivers

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkb:psychologist
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shell_Shock
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:British_Psychological_Society
gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:Royal_Anthropological_Institute
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
Fellow of the Royal Society
gptkbp:born 1864
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:contribution ethnographic fieldwork
development of psychological medicine
gptkbp:died gptkb:1922
gptkbp:field anthropology
psychiatry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label W. H. R. Rivers
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gregory_Bateson
social psychology
cultural anthropology
medical anthropology
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkbp:known_for contributions to anthropology
work with World War I soldiers
gptkbp:legacy impact on modern anthropology
pioneering work in anthropology
advancement of psychological understanding in war
integration of psychology and anthropology
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:Margaret_Mead
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Mind_of_Primitive_Man
The Study of Man
The Psychological Aspects of War
gptkbp:position_held Director of the Psychological Department of the British Army
Professor of Social Anthropology
gptkbp:published_by Instinct and the Unconscious
The History of Melanesian Society
Psychology and the War
gptkbp:research_focus psychological trauma
Melanesian cultures
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Bury_St_Edmunds
gptkbp:spouse Mabel Rivers