HOEK, Albertus(Bert) Wilhelmus van den. Apeldoorn, Gelderland 2.9.1951 — Mumbai 1.12.2001. Dutch Anthropologist. After school in Utrecht studied Anthropology and Philosophy at Amsterdam, then at Leiden, where B.A. 1970 and M.A. 1976. Also learned Tamil and Sanskrit (Heesterman). In 1977 further studies under L. Dumont in Paris. In various research positions,…
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…
HERSHMAN, Paul. Rochford, Cambridgeshire 17.3.1950 — Southend, Essex 8.1.1976, when 25. British Anthropologist. Fieldwork in the Punjab, 1972-73. The book is based on his unfinished Ph.D. diss. for the London School of Economics. Lecturer in Anthropology at University of Sussex. A noted chess player. Publications: Punjabi Kinship and Marriage. Ed. by…
GRAZIOSI, Paolo. Florence 2.11.1907 — Florence 1988. Italian Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of painter Giuseppe Gr. Studied from 1925 at Florence, graduated 1930. From 1936 taught at Università di Firenze, then as Professore di paletnologia e di antropologia in 1944-77 (ord. 1954). In 1939-53 also taught at Pisa. Participated in…
GOLDBERG (then Helen Goldberg Skolnik), Helen. 15.3.1901 — 8.2.1995. U.S. Anthropologist. Daughter of Isidore G. and his wife Getel. At Columbia University (1967). Married Morris Skolnik (1898–1983), one son. Publications: With Joan P. Mencher: “Kinship and Marriage Regulations Among the Namboodiri Brahmans of Kerala”, Man N.S. 2, 1967, 87-106. Sources: Scanty stray notes…
GODDEN, Gertrude Mary. Surbiton, Surrey 17.7.1867 — Burgess Hill, Sussex 15.2.1947. British Anthropological Writer. Roman Catholic. She was an armchair anthropologist who never visited India. Publications: “Naga and Other Frontier Tribes of North-East India”, JRAnthrInst 26, 1897, 161-201 & 27, 1898, 2-51; articles in Folk-Lore. – Also wrote much on modern history and politics.…
GILBERT, William Harlen, Jr. Covington, co. Kenton, Kentucky 1904 — Silverspring, co. Montgomery, Maryland 1988. U.S. Anthropologist. Ph.D. 1935 Chicago (diss. on Cherokees). In 1936-37 taught Sociology at Auburn University. Later working in Library of Congress. Publications: Peoples of India. 4+86 p. 21 pl. Smithsonian Inst. ‘War Background Studies’ 18. 1944; Caste…
GELL, Alfred Antony Francis (born Antony Francis Gell). 12.6.1945 — 28.1.1997. British Social Anthropologist. Son of Professor Philip Gell (1914–2001), an Immunologist, and his wife Susan. Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge (M.Phil. under E. Leach) and London School of Economics (Ph.D. 1973 under R. Firth). Taught at University of Sussex, from…
FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, Elizabeth (Betty) von (née Barnardo). Darbhanga 1902 — Hyderabad 11.1.1987. British Anthropologist, wife of —> Chr. von Fürer-Haimendorf. Daughter of Colonel Frederick “Barnie” Barnardo, a physician, and his wife Violet. Originally a nurse, then close collaborator of her husband. Participated in fieldwork and was coauthor in many books. Married 1938, one son.…
FIELD, Henry. Chicago 15.12.1902 — Coral Gables, Florida 4.1.1986.U.S. Anthropologist. His parents divorced soon and his mother, Minna Field, married an Englishman, Algernon Burnaby, and they moved to Leicestershire. Educated at Sunningdale and Eton. Studies at Oxford: B.A. 1925, M.A. 1930, Ph.D. 1937. In 1926 returned to Chicago and worked…