Lloyd Fallers

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Lloyd Fallers
Lloyd Fallers (far right) with (from left to right) Robert McCormick Adams, Elizabeth Munk Oppenheim, and A. Leo Oppenheim
Born
Lloyd Ashton Fallers Jr.

(1925-08-29)August 29, 1925
DiedJuly 4, 1974(1974-07-04) (aged 48)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
OccupationProfessor
SpouseMargaret Fallers[1]
Children2[2]

Lloyd Ashton "Tom" Fallers Jr. (August 29, 1925 – July 4, 1974) was an American social and cultural anthropologist who was the A. A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of anthropology and sociology at the University of Chicago.[3] Fallers' work in social and cultural anthropology focused on social stratification and the development of new states in East Africa (especially Buganda) and Turkey.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Megan, Graydon (March 12, 2015). "Margaret Fallers, anthropologist and U. of C. administrator, dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Lloyd A. Fallers". The New York Times. Chicago, Illinois. July 5, 1974. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Guide to the Lloyd A. Fallers Papers 1937-1977". University of Chicago Library. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Bendix, Reinhard (July 1975). "On Fallers". American Journal of Sociology. 81 (1): 169–73. doi:10.1086/226043. JSTOR 2777063. S2CID 145447121.