# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fredrik-barth
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:18:07.555Z

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name: "Fredrik Barth"
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description: "Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view. He was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, and previously held professorships at the University of Oslo, the University of Bergen, Emory University and Harvard University. He was appointed a government scholar in 1985."
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birthDate: "1928-12-22"
deathDate: "2016-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump