Gell, Alfred
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Name (Latin)
Gell, Alfred
Date of birth
1945-06-12
Date of death
1997-01-28
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His The anthropology of time, 1992:CIP t.p. (Alfred Gell)
- LC data base, 03-17-92(hdg.: Gell, Alfred)
- Art and agency, 1998:CIP t.p. (Alfred Gell) data sheet (Gell, Dr. Alfred) galley (d. in Jan. 1997)
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Wikipedia description:
Alfred Antony Francis Gell, (; June 12, 1945 – January 28, 1997) was a British social anthropologist whose most influential work concerned art, language, symbolism and ritual. He was trained by Edmund Leach (MPhil, Cambridge University) and Raymond Firth (PhD, London School of Economics) and did his fieldwork in Melanesia and tribal India. Gell taught at the London School of Economics, among other places. He was also a Fellow of the British Academy. He died of cancer in 1997, at the age of 51.
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