Marilyn Strathern
1941
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country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Girton College, Bromley High School
occupation: anthropologist, university teacher
award received: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Balzan Prize, Leverhulme Medal, Fellow of the British Academy, honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, honorary doctor of the Yale University, Huxley Memorial Medal
position held: principal
Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA (née Evans; born 6 March 1941) is a British anthropologist, who has worked largely with the Mount Hagen people of Papua New Guinea and dealt with issues in the UK of reproductive technologies. She was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge from 1993 to 2008, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1998 to 2009. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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