Ralph Linton
Anthropologist, Academic
1893 – 1953
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Who was Ralph Linton?
Ralph Linton was a respected American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man and The Tree of Culture. One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1893
Philadelphia - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Swarthmore College
- Columbia University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Harvard University
- Died
- Dec 24, 1953
New Haven
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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