Fredrik Barth
(1928-2016)
Norwegian anthropologist
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Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (22 December 1928 – 24 January 2016) was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view. He was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, and previously held professorships at the University of Oslo, the University of Bergen (where he founded the Department of Social Anthropology), Emory University and Harvard University. He was appointed a government scholar in 1985.
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22 December 1928 Leipzig, Germany
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24 January 2016 (aged 87) Norway
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