20th-century British anthropologists

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.

Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and the USA (1884–1942)

British anthropologist (1921–2007)

British anthropologist (1902–1973)

British-American anthropologist

British social anthropologist (1910–1989)

anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate Center

British paleoanthropologist

English archaeologist

British anthropologist (1902-1964)

English anthropologist (1899–1984)

British ethnologist and physician (1873-1940)

South African anthropologist (1906–1983)

British anthropologist and anatomist (1901-1975)

British anthropologist (1895–1936)

British anthropologist (1901-1955)

British anthropologist and historian (1920-2004)

British anthropologist and far-right political organiser

British anthropologist (1887–1949)

British polymath (1911–1976)

British anthropologist (1901-1986)

English educationist

British sociologist and anthropologist (1918–1995)

British anthropologist and peer (1885–1964)

British anthropologist (1902-1973)

British anthropologist (1921–1993)

British anthropologist (1905-2003)

British ethnomusicologist

British anthropologist

British anthropologist (1919–2001)

British anthropologist (1886–1972)

Australian anatomist and anthropologist

British archaeologist

British anthropologist (1903–1956)

British social anthropologist

anthropologist, biologist, and academic

British anthropologist (1930–2014)

Australian and British anthropologist

British cultural anthropologist and academic

English linguist, anthropologist and historian

British anthropologist (1888–1946)

British social anthropologist/academic

British anthropologist

British economic anthropologist (1914–2005)

Australian anthropologist (1921–1987)