Isaac Schapera
British anthropologist (1905-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 98
Isaac Schapera FBA FRAI was a British social anthropologist at the London School of Economics specialising in South Africa. He was notable for his contributions of ethnographic and typological studies of the indigenous peoples of Botswana and South Africa.
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Additionally, he was one of the founders of the group that would develop British social anthropology.
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United Kingdom
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1905 to 2003 · aged 98
The same award as Isaac
Elisabeth VrbaBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Salim Abdool KarimBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Quarraisha KarimBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Anusuya Chinsamy-TuranBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Harriet Margaret Louisa BolusBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
John JacksonBoth received Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa