HITCHCOCK, John

HITCHCOCK, John Thayer. Springfield, MA 29.6.1917 — Stoughton, Wisconsin 16.1.2001. U.S. Anthropologist. Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Son of Arthur Cornwall H. and Ruth Harriet Thayer. B.A. 1939 Amherst College. M.A. 1941 University Chicago in English Literature. After war service as a pilot in Navy Instructor in English at Amherst College, 1946-48. Then further studies at Copenhagen and Aarhus. Second M.A. in Sociology 1951 University of Connecticut. Ph.D. 1956 Cornell University in Anthropology. Acting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University California, Berkeley, 1957-1958. Assistant Professor of Anthropology at U.C.L.A., 1958-1963, then Associate Professor 1963-1966. From 1966 Professor Anthropology and South Asian Studies at University of Wisconsin in Madison, retired 1982. Fieldwork in Saharanpur district in India 1953-55, in Nepal 1960-62 and 1966-68. Married 1947 Patricia Jennings (1919–2009) and 1974 Catharine McClellan, three children with the first wife.

Hitchcock was a well-known specialist of Nepal (especially of Magar in Western Nepal), but also familiar with Northern India and native American cultures. His particular interests included ecology and religion (Nepal Shamanism). Together with his first wife he was a pioneer in ethnographic film-making.

Publications: Diss. The Rajputs of Khalapur: a study of kinship, social stratification, and politics. Manuscript of 16+315 p. Cornell Univ. 1956.

– The Magars of Banyan Hill. 12+115 p. N.Y. 1966.

– A mountain village in Nepal. 10+143 p. N.Y. 1980.

– Many articles.

Sources: A. Pach III & Th.E. Fricke, Himalaya 4, 1984, 3-15 with bibliography; prabook.com; findagrave.com with photo; worldcat.org.

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