Mauss, Marcel
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 10 May 1872 at 19:00 (= 7:00 PM ) | ||
| Place | Epinal, France, 48n11, 6e27 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m6e27 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   20°21'   26°49 Asc. 16°36'
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Biography
French anthropologist who established his fame with "The Gift," one of his short essays that planted a seed core of ideas. He was very important to the English speaking world for his collaborative studies on sacrifice and classification, this despite the fact that he wrote no substantial monograph and undertook virtually no fieldwork.
Mauss died on 2/10/1950, Paris, France.
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 10 February 1950 (Age 77)
Source Notes
B.R. in hand from Steinbrecher
Categories
- Vocation : Science : Anthropology
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Essays)
- Vocation : Education : Researcher
