KAHANE, Reuven

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…

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EMENEAU, Murray B.

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.…

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BETTANY, George Thomas

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,…

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LEVY, Robert I.

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…

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COHN, Bernard S.

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…

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BOULANGER, Chantal

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…

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WERTZ, Dorothy C.

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…

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VERWEY, Anthony Hendrik Nicolaas

VERWEY, Anthony Hendrik Nicolaas. ’s-Gravenhage 14.4.1918 — Leiden 7.1.2001. Dutch Anthropologist specialized in India and Tibet. Studied Law and Indology at Amsterdam and Leiden. In 1947-81 working in Ethnological Museum, Leiden. His main interests were: material evidence of popular Hinduism and Tibetan religion. Publications: Tentoonstelling: Pabuji, een Indiase held, zijn verhaal…

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TOOMEY, Paul M.

TOOMEY, Paul Michael. Newton, MA 23.7.1951 — Orange, Florida 21.7.1992. U.S. Anthropologist. Son of William W. Toomey, an attorney and journalist, and Constance Elizabeth Loughran. Graduated 1973 from Bowdoin College. In 1976 at American Institute in New Delhi. Ph.D. 1984 University of Virginia, in Anthropology. Then taught two years at…

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STONOR, Charles R.

STONOR, Charles Robert. 20.5.1912 (or 20.4.?) — Brent, Middlesex 1982.  British Anthropologist and Naturalist in India. Roman Catholic. Son of Francis Cyril Stonor and Juliana Tindal Bosanquet. Surveyor in the Naga Hills in British period. Then lived at Brooklands North, Sarisbury Green, Hampshire. In 1953-54 visited Nepal. Active photographer. Publications: “The…

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