Siegfried Nadel
Siegfried Nadel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Anthropologist known for Nupe studies and his theory of social structure
1903, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1956, Canberra, Australia
Austria · United Kingdom · Nigeria · Australia
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Siegfried Frederick Nadel was a social anthropologist best known for his fieldwork among the Nupe of Nigeria and for his theoretical work 'The Theory of Social Structure' (1957). Trained in Vienna in both psychology and music, he later worked in Britain and founded the anthropology department at the Australian National University. He was born into a Viennese Jewish family.
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Anthropologist known for Nupe studies and his theory of social structure
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