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Bronisław Malinowski

Polish-born British anthropologist

Also known as: Bronisław Kaspar Malinowski

Written by Raymond William Firth

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Last Updated: Apr 3, 2024 • Article History

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In full:: Bronisław Kasper Malinowski

Born:: April 7, 1884, Kraków, Pol., Austria-Hungary

Died:: May 16, 1942, New Haven, Conn., U.S. (aged 58)

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Bronisław Malinowski (born April 7, 1884, Kraków, Pol., Austria-Hungary—died May 16, 1942, New Haven, Conn., U.S.) was one of the most important anthropologists of the 20th century who is widely recognized as a founder of social anthropology and principally associated with field studies of the peoples of Oceania. Malinowski was the son of Lucjan Malinowski, a professor of Slavic philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and a linguist of some reputation who had studied Polish dialect and folklore in Silesia. Bronisław Malinowski’s mother, Józefa, née Łącka, of a moderately wealthy land-owning family, was highly cultured and a good linguist. ...(100 of 927 words)

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