Alfred Cort Haddon
British anthropologist (1855–1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alfred Cort Haddon, Sc.D., FRS,[1] FRGS FRAI (24 May 1855 – 20 April 1940, Cambridge) was an influential British anthropologist and ethnologist. Initially a biologist, who achieved his most notable fieldwork, with W.H.R. Rivers, C.G. Seligman and Sidney Ray on the Torres Strait Islands. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been an undergraduate, and effectively founded the School of Anthropology. Haddon was a major influence on the work of the American ethnologist Caroline Furness Jayne.[2]
Alfred Cort Haddon | |
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Born | 24 May 1855 (1855-05-24) London, England, UK |
Died | 20 April 1940 (1940-04-21) (aged 84) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology |
In 2011, Haddon's 1898 The Recordings of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits were added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry.[3] The original recordings are housed at the British Library[4] and many have been made available online.[5]