Mary Douglas
Sign in to saveBritish anthropologist (1921–2007)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921-03-25
- Died
- 2007-05-16
- Works
- 67
Top works
- Man in Africa
- Natural Symbols
- Purity and danger
- Food in the Social Order
- Constructive Drinking
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 72
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 72,756x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 57,832x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,716x
- Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 51,629x
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,104x
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Key facts
- Born
- Margaret Mary Tew , ( 1921-03-25 ) 25 March 1921, Sanremo , Italy
- Died
- 16 May 2007 (2007-05-16) (aged 86), London , England
- Alma mater
- University of Oxford
- Known for
- Purity and Danger , Natural Symbols , Cultural theory of risk
- Awards
- FBA , CBE , DBE
- Fields
- Social anthropology , Comparative religion
- Institutions
- University College London , Russell Sage Foundation , Northwestern University , Princeton University
- Doctoral advisor
- E. E. Evans-Pritchard
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Key dates
- Born
- 25 March 1921
- Died
- 16 May 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Family name
- Douglas
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sanremo
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- social anthropologist
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- Northwestern University
Article
Dame Mary Douglas, DBE FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion.
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1921 births2007 deaths20th-century British anthropologists20th-century British women writersAcademics of University College LondonAlumni of St Anne's College, OxfordAnthropologists of religionBritish expatriates in ItalyBritish Roman CatholicsBritish social anthropologistsBritish women academicsBritish women anthropologists