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Charles Gabriel Seligman

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British ethnologist and physician (1873-1940)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1873 to 1940 · aged 66
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Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British physician and ethnologist. His main ethnographic work described the culture of the Vedda people of Sri Lanka and the Shilluk people of the Sudan. He was a professor at London School of Economics and was influential to prominent anthropologists, such as Bronisław Malinowski, E.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

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Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British physician and ethnologist. His main ethnographic work described the culture of the Vedda people of Sri Lanka and the Shilluk people of the Sudan. He was a professor at London School of Economics and was influential to prominent anthropologists, such as Bronisław Malinowski, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Meyer Fortes.

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1873 to 1940 · aged 66
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