Anthropology : Biographical resources

 The following are major sources for biographical information on anthropologists and other significant persons influential in social anthropology. Additional sources will be found via the Anthropology dictionaries & encyclopedias guide.

Anthropology Biography Web [web access]
[Brief, encyclopedic entries on the lives of significant anthropologists or prominent thinkers in other fields who have influenced the discipline]

Biographical directory of anthropologists born before 1920 [print]
[Brief biographical information together with sources for additional information]

Brightsparcs [web access] 
[A searchable database of brief biographical information & archival sources on people in Australian science - includes many social anthropologists]

Dead Sociologists Index [web access]
[Provides brief biographies of sociologists such as included Durkheim, Marx & Weber]

Encyclopedia of social & cultural anthropology [print & electronic] 
[Includes a biographical appendix]

International dictionary of anthropologists [print]
[Entries consist of a biographical essay together with lists of major works & sources of additional information]

International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences [print & electronic]
[Includes substantial biographical information]

Women anthropologists [print]
[Comprises a biography, a bibliography of selected works & a listing of critical studies]

To find other material in the library, try this catalogue search

A subject heading search can be used to locate material on individuals, eg. Durkheim (a keyword search such as emile and durkheim will be more comprehensive, but will also produce a lot of irrelevant references).

 Last update: 28 June 2005  

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