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Marilyn Strathern

British anthropologist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85

Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern is a British anthropologist, who has worked largely with the Mount Hagen people of Papua New Guinea and dealt with issues in the UK of reproductive technologies.

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2018Balzan PrizeAwardHonorary Fellow of the Learned Society of WalesAward2012Leverhulme MedalAward2010Honorary Doctor of Yale UniversityAward2004Huxley Memorial MedalAward2001Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1941Born6 March 1941

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Balzan Prize2018
Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales2018
Leverhulme Medal2012
Honorary Doctor of Yale University2010
Huxley Memorial Medal2004
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire2001
Fellow of the British Academy

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She was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge from 1993 to 2008, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1998 to 2009.

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Born 1941 · age 85