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E. E. Evans-Pritchard

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Also known as Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, E. Evans Pritchard, E. E. Pritchard

British anthropologist (1902–1973)

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Born
1902
Died
1973
Works
78

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  • Les Nuer
  • Essays presented to C. G. Seligman
  • The place of the Sanusiya order in the history of Islam
  • Torot shel dat primiṭivit
  • A history of the kingdom of Gbudwe

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Gender
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Origin
United States
Active from
1902
Active to
1973
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Born
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard , ( 1902-09-21 ) 21 September 1902, Crowborough , East Sussex , England
Died
11 September 1973 (1973-09-11) (aged 70), Oxford , England
Known for
Evans-Pritchard's theories of religion , Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
Children
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Fields
Anthropology
Thesis
The social organisation of the Azande of the Bahr-el-Ghazal province of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1928)
Notable students
M. N. Srinivas , Talal Asad , Mary Douglas , Audrey Colson , John Francis Marchment Middleton , Steven Lukes , André Singer

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date of death
1973-09-11
date of birth
1902-09-21
name in native language
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
start of work period
1930-01-01
end of work period
1940-01-01
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E. E. Evans-Pritchard with a group of Zande boys in Sudan. Picture taken in the period 1926–1930

Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard FBA FRAI (21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973) was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. He was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1946 to 1970.

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