Leyburn, James Graham

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Name (Latin)
Leyburn, James Graham
Other forms of name
Leyburn, James G. (James Graham)
Date of birth
1902-01-17
Date of death
1993
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 110833070
Wikidata: Q12891814
Library of congress: n 80006295
Sources of Information
  • His Handbook of ethnography, 1931.
  • His The way we lived, 1987:CIP t.p. (James Graham Leyburn) data sheet (b. 1-17-1902)
  • NUCMC data from Washington and Lee Univ. Lib. for His Papers, 1925-1968(Leyburn, James Graham; anthropologist, sociologist, and educator; b. 1902; prof. of sociology, Yale University, 1927-1947; prof. of sociology and dean, Washington and Lee Univ., 1947-1972)
Wikipedia description:

James Graham Leyburn (January 17, 1902 – April 28, 1993), was an American sociologist, professor, academic administrator, and author. He was a George Washington Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he worked from 1947 until 1972. Leyburn wrote ethnographic books, most notably about Haitian history and culture.

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