Top 20 Anthropologist celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Anthropologist celebrities [Updated May 16, 2021].
Lewis Morgan was born
on November 21, 1818
in Auroa, United States.
A politician and attorney as well as an anthropologist, he served in the New York State Assembly and the New York Senate and was the chief lawyer for the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company.
Edmund Snow Carpenter was born
on September 2, 1922
in United States.
Margaret Mead was born
on December 16, 1901
in Philadelphia, United States.
In 1959 she released the album An Interview With Margaret Mead, which covered the topics of morals and anthropology.
Ruth Benedict was born
on June 5, 1887
in United States.
In her 1934 book, Patterns of Culture, she posited that there always existed a relationship between personality, art, language and culture.
William Marvin Bass was born
on August 30, 1928
in United States.
He started Body Farm at the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility behind the Medical Center to study decomposition of bodies and investigate different methods for identifying and extrapolating information about decomposition.
Jeffrey Schwartz was born
on March 6, 1948
in United States.
He contends, based on his studies, that orangutans share significantly more morphological similarities to humans than any other great ape.
Philleo Nash was born
on October 25, 1909
in United States.
As the special assistant for minority affairs under Truman, he fought for equality in hiring practices, which led to him being accused of communist sympathies by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.
Ernest Becker was born
on September 27, 1924
in United States.
He won the Pulitzer Prize four months after his death.
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