Biographical entry Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (1881 - 1955)
- Born
- 17 January 1881
Aston, Warwickshire, England - Died
- 24 October 1955
London, England - Occupation
- Anthropologist
Summary
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown was Professor of Anthropology, University of Sydney 1926-31. He first visited Australia in 1910 to join E.L. Grant-Watson and D. Bates on an expedition to the north-west to study remnants of Aboriginal tribes.
Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown - Records, 1910 - 1955, P 129; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Hogbin, Ian, 'Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (1881-1955), Anthropologist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, p. 322. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110333b.htm. Details
- Maddock, Kenneth, 'Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, 1881-1955', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Radcliffe-Brown, A R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1287932. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 August 2006
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