Verrier Elwin
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British anthropologist (1902-1964)
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It sits within the topics 1902 births, 1964 deaths and 20th-century British anthropologists.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 25
Top works
- When The World Was Young
- Nammellara Bapu Gandhiji
- Leaves from the Jungle
- Myths of the north-east frontier of India
- The Nagas in the Nineteenth Century 1st Edition
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Dover
- Place of death
- Delhi
- Occupation
- ethnologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Field of work
- ethnology
- Image
- Verrier Elwin.jpg
- Work location
- India
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- date of death
- 1964-02-22
- date of birth
- 1902-08-29
- writing language
- English language
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Categories
1902 births1964 deaths20th-century British anthropologistsAlumni of Merton College, OxfordBritish emigrants to IndiaBritish ethnologistsBritish HindusBritish missionaries in IndiaConverts to Hinduism from ChristianityEnglish Protestant missionariesFellows of Wycliffe Hall, OxfordIndian anthropologistsIndian folkloristsIndian HindusIndian male novelistsIndian people of English descentIndigenous rights activistsNaturalised citizens of IndiaPeople associated with ShillongPeople educated at Dean Close SchoolPeople from Dover, KentPeople from ShillongProtestant missionaries in IndiaRecipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering