Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
American anthropologist (1929–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (16 January 1929[1] – 19 January 2014)[2] was a social anthropologist[3] and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at Harvard University.[4] He specialised in studies of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tamils, as well as the anthropology of religion and politics.
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Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah | |
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Born | (1929-01-16)16 January 1929 British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
Died | 19 January 2014(2014-01-19) (aged 85) |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Alma mater | University of Ceylon Cornell University |
Awards | Balzan Prize (1997) Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (1998) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Social anthropologist |
Institutions | S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia University of Ceylon University of Cambridge University of Chicago Harvard University |
Doctoral students | Chris Fuller |
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