SARASIN, Paul Benedict. 11.12.1856 — 7.4.1929. Swiss Naturalist and Ethnologist. Son of politician Karl S. and Elisabeth Sauvain, a wealthy family, second cousin of —> Fritz Sarasin, with whom he then had a lifelong friendship. Together they studied zoology at Würzburg. In 1883-86 they made zoological and anthropological fieldwork in Ceylon,…
SARASIN, Fritz (Karl Friedrich). Basel 3.12.1859 — Lugano 23.3.1942.Swiss Naturalist. Son of cotton factory owner Felix S. (d. 1862), second cousin of —> Paul Sarasin, with whom he then had a lifelong friendship. Together they studied zoology at Würzburg. In 1883-86 they made zoological and anthropological fieldwork in Ceylon, 1893-96 and…
ROSNER, Victor. 1911 — 1985. S.J. Father. Catholic Missionary in India. In Jashpur, M.Pr., in 1964 had been 20 years in India. Publications: “Venom Sweeping as Practised in the ‘Upar Ghat’ of Jasper”, Anthropos 53, 1958, 484-496; “Dolmens in the Anamalai Hills, South India”, Anthropos 54, 1959, 169-182; “Falconry as Followed by the Tribals in…
PIGNÈDE, Bernard. 16.3.1932 — 21.11.1961, when 29. French Anthropologist of Nepal. Studies in Paris (É.P.H.É.), under L. Dumont, in 1958 fieldwork in Nepal. Died in an accident before his only book appeared. In a review Fürer-Haimendorf praises its scholarly approach, although he conducted his fieldwork before formal training in anthropology.…
PEAKE, Harold John Edward. Ellesmere, Shropshire 29.9.1867 — 22.9.1946. British lay Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of Rev. John Peake, Vicar of Ellesmere, and his wife Matilda. M.A. Trained in estate management at Leicester. With his wife went around the world and stayed some time in a ranch in British Columbia. Then back…
OLIVIER, Georges. Paris 6.9.1912 — 13.3.1996. French Anthropologist. De.méd. 1938 Paris. Dr.-es-sc. 1955 Paris. From 1953 Professeur agrégé d’anatomie at Lille, from 1963 Prof. agr. d’anthropologie in Paris. In 1969 founded the Laboratory of Biological Anthropoligy (Faculté de sciences, Paris). Retired 1978. Publications: Diss. Les populations de Cambodge. P. 1955. – Anthropologie des…
MOSZKOWSKI, Max. Breslau 12.8.1873 — Rio de Janeiro 1939. German Physician, Anthropologist and Collector. M.D. 1899 Breslau. In 1907 in Ceylon, Sumatra and western New Guinea, collected botanical and zoological specimens, measured skulls and studied tropical diseases. Worked as physician in Berlin. Publications: “Among the last Vẹddas”, JRAS-CB21:61, 1908, 59-68. –…
MORRIS, John. 1895 — 13.12.1980. British Colonial Officer and Social Anthropologist in India. Served in army in 1915-34, after WW I in India. Retired as Major. From 1938 Professor of English Literature at Keio University and Lecturer at Imperial and Bunrika Universities in Tokyo. In 1943-52 head of the Far…
MORÉCHAND, Guy. Paris 1923 — 2002. French Anthropologist. Licencié ès lettres 1948 in Anthropology. Ph.D. 1966 Paris. From 1950 member of É.F.É.O. in Hanoi, 1957-63 in Japan, later in Paris and Pondicherry. Retired 1980. Publications: Diss. Le chamanisme des Hmong. 1965; mainly wrote on Vietnam and Japan. – “Paul Mus (1902-1969)”, BEFEO 57,…
MINTURN, Ann Leigh. Chicago 1.7.1928 — 31.10.1999. U.S. Cross-Cultural Scholar. Daughter of Harold D. Minturn and Emma Hamsher. Graduated 1949 from Mount Holyoke College. M.A. 1952 and Ph.D. 1954 Radcliffe College, in Social Psychology. From 1954 Research Associate at Cornell University, 1958-67 at University of Illinois. Then taught at University of…