A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Biography

A. R. Radcliffe-Brown biography

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NAME: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
OCCUPATION: Anthropologist, Sociologist
BIRTH DATE: January 17, 1881
DEATH DATE: October 24, 1955
EDUCATION: Trinity College, Cambridge
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham, England
PLACE OF DEATH: London, United Kingdom
Full Name: Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown

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British social anthropologist A.R. Radcliffe-Brown had a profound impact on British and American social anthropology through his version of Functionalism.

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British social anthropologist A.R. Radcliffe-Brown was born Jan. 17, 1881, in Birmingham, England. In his version of Functionalism, he viewed the component parts of society as being indispensable to one another, and he developed a systematic framework of concepts relating to the social structures of small-scale societies. He had a profound impact on British and American social anthropology.