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Mary Douglas

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Also known as Dame Mary Douglas, Margaret Mary Tew, Dame Margaret Mary Tew, Margaret Tew, Margaret Douglas

British anthropologist (1921–2007)

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Mary Douglas (1921–2007) was a British anthropologist, sociologist, writer, and university teacher. Born in Sanremo, she was educated at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, where her doctoral advisor was E. E. Evans-Pritchard. Her academic work focused on social anthropology, anthropology, and sociology, and she was influenced by Émile Durkheim.

Douglas is noted for works including *Purity and Danger*, *Man in Africa*, *Natural Symbols*, *Food in the Social Order*, and *Constructive Drinking*. She received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Additionally, she was a member of 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.

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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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-03-11
Active to
2001-05-11
audio dramaaudiobookauthorbritishcomedyenglish
Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
72

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 75,958x

  2. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    · 2009 · cited 58,749x

  3. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

    · 2011 · cited 56,550x

  4. Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses

    · 2003 · cited 52,676x

  5. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation

    · 1987 · cited 42,819x

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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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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.

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