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Fredrik Barth

Norwegian social anthropologist (1928-2016) · Norway · Academics · Died at 87

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Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view.

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2016Died24 January 20162008Commander of the Order of St. OlavAward2005Fridtjof Nansen Award for outstanding research, historical-philosophical classAward1989Huxley Memorial MedalAward1928Born22 December 1928

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Commander of the Order of St. Olav2008
Fridtjof Nansen Award for outstanding research, historical-philosophical class2005
Huxley Memorial Medal1989
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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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.

Country
Norway
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 87

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