Jean Briggs
(1929-2016)
American-born Canadian anthropologist
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Jean L. Briggs (May 28, 1929 – July 27, 2016) was an American-born anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and professor emerita at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her best known works included the 1970 landmark book Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family, based on 18 months of research and field work in Inuit communities on the Arctic coast during the 1960s.
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28 May 1929
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27 July 2016 (aged 87)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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