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Edmund Leach

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British social anthropologist (1910-1989)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1910 to 1989 · aged 78
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Sir Edmund Ronald Leach was a British social anthropologist and academic. He served as provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1966 to 1979. He was also president of the Royal Anthropological Institute from 1971 to 1975.

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Awards 2

1980Huxley Memorial Medal
Fellow of the British Academy

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About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1989 · aged 78
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22 languages

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