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Sir Raymond William Firth CNZM FRAI FBA (25 March 1901 – 22 February 2002) was an ethnologist from New Zealand. As a result of Firth's ethnographic work, actual behaviour of societies (social organization) is separated from the idealized rules of behaviour within the particular society (social structure).
Sir Raymond Firth (born March 25, 1901, Auckland, New Zealand—died February 22, 2002, London, England) was a New Zealand social anthropologist best known for his research on the Maori and other peoples of Oceania and Southeast Asia.
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Sir Raymond William Firth (March 25, 1901 - February 22, 2002) was a New Zealand ethnologist, especially well-known for his study of Maori culture. He was a pioneer of economic anthropology and a leading figure at the London School of Economics.
Raymond Firth was a prominent British anthropologist who studied Pacific societies, economic theory, and social organization. He taught at LSE and influenced many students, and he was a Marxist of sorts who emphasized social choice and innovation.
Mar 28, 2002 · With the death of Raymond Firth on 22 February, anthropology has lost one of its giants. Firth's 80-year career encompassed the development of the modern form of the subject.
- Bradd Shore
- antbs@emory.edu
- 2002
Mar 14, 2002 · Sir Raymond Firth, an anthropologist who wrote extensively on the cultures of remote Polynesian islands and was noted for his close attention to scientific evidence, died on Feb. 22 in London. He...
Raymond Firth was an anthropologist, working chiefly in the Pacific, Malaysia and London, in the fields of economics, religion and kinship. Firth held permanent teaching posts at Sydney (1930–2) and at the London School of Economics (1932–40, 1944–68).
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