Ralph Linton

1893 - 1953

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Country of citizenship: United States

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College

Occupation: anthropologist, sociologist

Award received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Ralph Linton (27 February 1893 – 24 December 1953) was an American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955). One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role. Source: Wikipedia (en)