Person
Firth, Raymond William (1901 - 2002)
- Born
- 25 March 1901
Auckland, New Zealand - Died
- February 2002
- Occupation
- Anthropologist
Summary
Raymond Firth conducted research in the British Solomon Islands 1928-1929 and was acting Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney 1930-1932. He then went to the University of London and was appointed professor in 1944.
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Published resources
Book Sections
- Davis, John, 'Sir Raymond William Firth, 1901-2002' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Details
Journal Articles
- Kessler, Clive S., 'Raymond W. Firth, 1901-2002: Obituary', Australian Journal of Anthropology, 13 (2) (2002), 224-229. Details
- MacDonald, Judith, 'Sir Raymond Firth 1901-2002: Obituary', Oceania, 72 (3) (2002), 153-155. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1746323. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/108862496. Details
- 'Firth, Raymond (19010325-20020228)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-822107. Details
See also
- Allen, Harry, 'The first university positions in prehistoric archaeology in New Zealand and Australia', Bulletin of the history of archaeology, 29 (1:2) (2019), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.5334/bha-606. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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