Charles Seligman
Charles Seligman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
British ethnologist known for studies of the peoples of Sudan and Melanesia
1873, London, England — 1940, Oxford, England
United Kingdom · Sudan · Melanesia
Charles Seligman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — British ethnologist known for studies of the peoples of Sudan and Melanesia
Seligman was a founding figure of British ethnology, conducting influential fieldwork on the peoples of Melanesia (the 1898 Torres Strait expedition) and of Sudan, and mentoring a generation of anthropologists including Malinowski. His The Melanesians of British New Guinea and Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan became standard references. He came from an English Jewish family.
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British ethnologist known for studies of the peoples of Sudan and Melanesia
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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