Fredrik Barth
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Norwegian social anthropologist (1928–2016)
Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth , ( 1928-12-22 ) 22 December 1928, Leipzig , Germany
- Died
- 24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) (aged 87), Norway
- Alma mater
- University of Chicago ( MA ), Cambridge University ( PhD )
- Spouse
- Unni Wikan
- Fields
- Anthropology
- Institutions
- Boston University , University of Bergen
- Doctoral advisor
- Edmund Leach
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fredrik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Leipzig
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Spouse
- Unni Wikan
- Father
- Thomas F. W. Barth
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- Boston University
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Doctoral advisor
- Edmund Leach
- Field of work
- ethnicity
- Image
- Fredrik Barth.jpg
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- member of
- Academia Europaea
- date of birth
- 1928-12-22
- date of death
- 2016-01-24
- Commons category
- Fredrik Barth
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (22 December 1928 – 24 January 2016) was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view. He was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, and previously held professorships at the University of Oslo, the University of Bergen (where he founded the Department of Social Anthropology), Emory University and Harvard University. He was appointed a government scholar in 1985.
Biography and major works
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