NIGGEMEIER, Hermann. Münsterland 1908 — 2005. German Anthropologist. From 1926 studies of geography and anthropology at Köln. Ph.D. 1932 Köln. Fieldwork in India and Moluccas. After brief stay with Koppers in Vienna from 1934 Assistant, then Oberassistent in Frobenius-Institut in Frankfurt a/M. In 1940-45 in army, then war prisoner, released…
MILLER, Robert James. 18.9.1923 — Camano Island, Wash. 13.4.1994. U.S. Anthropologist. B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ph.D. 1958 University of Washington. in Seattle. Then taught three years there, from 1959 at Anthropology Dept. of University of Wisconsin in Madison, retired 1988. Married 1943 —> Beatrice Diamond Miller (1919–1999), at…
MILLER, Beatrice Diamond. New York City 29.5.1919 — Camano Island, Wash. 15.5.1999. U.S. Anthropologist. Daughter of Benjamin Diamond and Fannie Haims. B.A. 1948 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Oriental Studies. Ph.D. 1958 University of Washington in Seattle. Taught at Beloit College (Wisc.) and University of Wisconsin in Madison. Married…
KAHANE, Reuven. Beit Alfa (kibbutz) 1931 — Jerusalem 2003. Israeli Sociologist. Ph.D. 1970 Berkeley. Lecturer, then Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Married Orna Smirin, at least one son. Publications: Diss. Higher Education and Integrative Entrepreneurship: The Case of India. 1970. – The problem of political legitimacy…
EMENEAU, Murray Barnson. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 28.2.1904 — Berkeley, CA 29.8.2005. Canadian Indologist and Anthropologist in the U.S.A. U.S. citizen 1941. Professor in Berkeley. Son of Archibald Emeneau (1871–1912) and Ada Helena Barnson (1875–1961). Father’s early death left the family in poor conditions, but a scholarship helped him to college.…
BETTANY, George Thomas. Penzance, Cornwall 30.3.1850 — Dulwich, London 2.12.1891. British Biologist, Anthropologist, and Author. Son of George Bettany, a schoolmaster and journalist. Educated privately, then 1868-70 at Guy’s Hospital in London. From 1870 studies at Cambridge (Caius College), B.A. 1874, M.A. 1877. Lectured biology at Girton and Newnham Colleges,…
LEVY, Robert Isaac. New York 1.6.1924 — Asolo, Italy 29.8.2003. U.S. Anthropologist with Psychoanalytic background. Son of Nathan Levy and Miriam Israelson. He was trained as a psychoanalytic psychiatrist (dr.med. 1947) and had a private practice in psychiatry for several years, before turning to anthropology. In 1961 and 1962-42 Fieldwork…
COHN, Bernard Samuel. Brooklyn, N.Y. 13.5.1928 — Chicago 25.11.2003. U.S. Anthropologist. Son of Nathan Cohn and Blanche Herz. Graduated from University of Wisconsin (B.A. 1949) and Cornell University (Ph.D. 1954). In 1956-60 Research Assistant at University of Chicago, field-work in India 1957-59. In 1960-64 Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rochester…
BOULANGER-MALONEY, Chantal. Paris 4.1.1957 — Kebili, Tunisia 27.12.2004. French Social Anthropologist working on South India. Educated in France, studied in Brighton and Japan, then anthropology and Tamil in Paris. In 1989-93 worked in American Museum of Natural History in New York. Then in France, but 1997 moved to London. Interested…
WERTZ, Dorothy Corbett. Buffalo, NY 18.5.1937 — 29.4.2003. U.S. Scholar of Religion. B.A. Radcliffe College, then studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics. M.A. Radcliffe. Ph.D. Harvard, in Religion. She taught religion and social sciences at eight New England colleges. Later on concentrated on ethical and social issues…