E. E. Evans-Pritchard

Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard FBA FRAI (21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973) was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. He was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1946 to 1970.

Sir E. E. Evans-Pritchard

Born	Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard (1902-09-21)21 September 1902 Crowborough, East Sussex, England
Died	11 September 1973(1973-09-11) (aged 70) Oxford, England
Nationality	English
Known for	Evans-Pritchard's theories of religion Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
Children	Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Thesis	The social organization of the Azande of the Bahr-el-Ghazal province of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1928)
Notable students	M. N. Srinivas Talal Asad Mary Douglas Audrey Colson John Francis Marchment Middleton Steven Lukes André Singer

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