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Mary Douglas
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British anthropologist (1921–2007)
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Mary Douglas (1921–2007) was a British writer, university teacher, anthropologist, and sociologist. Born in Sanremo, she held citizenship in the United Kingdom and worked in the fields of social anthropology, anthropology, and sociology. She was educated at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, under doctoral advisor E. E. Evans-Pritchard. Her notable works include *Purity and Danger*, *Man in Africa*, *Natural Symbols*, *Food in the Social Order*, and *Constructive Drinking*.
Douglas was influenced by Émile Durkheim and wrote in English. She received the awards Fellow of the British Academy and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was a member of the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, and Academia Europaea. She died of cancer in London in 2007.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 67
Top works
- Man in Africa
- Natural Symbols
- Purity and danger
- Food in the Social Order
- Constructive Drinking
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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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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
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Purity and Danger
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- Field of work
- sociology
- Work location
- Belgian Congo
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- date of birth
- 1921-03-25
- date of death
- 2007-05-16
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Émile Durkheim
- described at URL
- findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/agents/people/2105
- name in native language
- Mary Douglas
- married name
- Douglas
- birth name
- Margaret Mary
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
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