Audrey Butt Colson
Audrey Joan Butt Colson (born 15 March 1926), is a social anthropologist with a particular interest in the Amerindian peoples of Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela. She was, together with Peter Rivière, one of the pioneers of Amazonian anthropology at the University of Oxford.
Audrey Joan Butt Colson | |
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| Born | Audrey Joan Butt 15 March 1926 Gloucestershire, England |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Known for | Study of the Amerindian peoples of Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela |
| Spouse | Robin Colson |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social anthropology |
| Thesis | Systems of belief in relation to social structure and organisation (with reference to the Carib-speaking tribes of the Guianas) (1954) |
Part of the permanent endowment of the University of Oxford is a fund to support South American Amerindian Studies known as the Butt Colson Amerindian Studies Bequest.
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