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Ruth Benedict
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American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948)
Ruth Benedict was an American anthropologist and folklorologist who studied different cultures and their customs during the early-to-mid 20th century. Her work helped establish how people's beliefs and behaviors are shaped by their culture rather than being determined by nature, which became an influential idea in understanding human societies.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 June 1887
- Died
- 17 September 1948
- Works
- 74
Top works
- Conference on science, philosophy and religion
- Folklore
- Watthanatham læ phrưttikam kh ̜ōng Thai
- An Anthropologist at work
- The races of mankind
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,950x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,205x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,903x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
· 2020 · cited 14,077x
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Encyclopedic overview
Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist.
She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons, she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where she studied under Franz Boas. She received her Ph.D. and joined the faculty in 1923. Margaret Mead, with whom she shared a romantic relationship, Marvin Opler, Ruth Landes, and Vera D. Rubin were among her students and colleagues.
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