Rodney Needham
Rodney Needham (15 May 1923 – 4 December 2006 in Oxford) was an English social anthropologist.Born Rodney Phillip Needham Green, he changed his name in 1947; the following year he married Maud Claudia (Ruth) Brysz. The couple would collaborate on several works, including an English translation of Robert Hertz's ''Death and the Right Hand.''
His fieldwork was with the Penan of Borneo (1951-2) and the Siwang of Malaysia (1953-5). His doctoral thesis on the Penan was accepted in 1953. He was University Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Oxford University, 1956–76; Professor of Social Anthropology, Oxford, 1976–90; Official Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, 1971–75; and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, 1976-90.
Together with Edmund Leach and Mary Douglas, Needham brought structuralism from France and anglicised it in the process. A prolific scholar, he was also a teacher and a rediscoverer of neglected figures in the history of his discipline, such as Arnold Van Gennep and Robert Hertz.
Among other things, he contributed to the study of family resemblance, introducing the terms "monothetic" and "polythetic" into anthropology.
He had two children, one of whom, Tristan, became a professor of mathematics. Provided by Wikipedia
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10by S. Kooijman, E. Adamson Hoebel, A.J.F. Köbben, Erhard Schlesier, J. van Baal, Louis Dumont, Rodney Needham, J.G. de Casparis, F.D.K. Bosch, P. van Emst, S. Kooijman, Thor HeyerdahlGet full text
Published 1958-07-01
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11by Carl A. Schmitz, Maurice Freedman, R.E. Downs, Rodney Needham, H. Th. Fischer, H. Jans, E. Postel-Coster, Helmut Schoeck, Melville J. Herskovits, Raymond Firth, J. van Baal, Carl A. Schmitz, Jacob VredenbregtGet full text
Published 1962-10-01
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12by W.R. Geddes, Rodney Needham, N. St. Iskandar, G.W.J. Drewes, J. Voorhoeve, J.P.B. de Josselin de Jong, R.B. Slametmuljana, A. Teeuw, W. Ph. Coolhaas, H.R.C. WrightGet full text
Published 1955-07-01
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13by S. Husin Ali, H.J.M. Claessen, C. Smit, C. van Dijk, H. Aveling, A. Teeuw, Fredrik Barth, A. Ploeg, John H. Wolff, C.D. Grijns, W.Ph. Coolhaas, H.J. de Graaf, Gerard J. Telkamp, G.A. Nagelkerke, J.J. Romkes, Rodney Needham, J.B. Avé, Erik JensenGet full text
Published 1977-04-01
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14by Joseph Aquilina, Jeremy Boissevain, Hilary Henson, John Beattie, Rodney Needham, David S. Moyer, Ino Rossi, P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Rodney Needham, P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Jacques Waardenburg, J. van Baal, Louis Dumont, C. Baks, F. Cancian, R.A.M. van Zantwijk, Francis Mading Deng, Jan Knappert, Aylward Shorter, John Beattie, Horst Hartung, R.A.M. van Zantwijk, A.E. van Niekerk, Ger van Roon, Janet Siskend, Peter Kloos, S. Reissig Ortiz, H. Heijmerink, Peter Kloos, Geert A. Banck, J.W. van Nieuwenhuijsen, John Beattie, A.F. Droogers, J.J. de Wolf, Jozef Franz Thiel, J.G. Oosten, Jean Buxton, J.G. Oosten, Carsten Murmann, J.H. Konter, Rita Bolland, Marta Hoffman, Peter J.M. Nas, Abner Cohen, P.J. Zoetmulder, Himansu Bhusan Sarkar, J.G. Oosten, Wilhelmina van Wetering, Willem F.L. Buschkens, Richard PriceGet full text
Published 1976-01-01
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15by Harry A. Poeze, J.J.P. de Jong, Harry A. Poeze, E.E. van Delden, Harry A. Poeze, Tom R. Zuidema, Rien Ploeg, Kenneth E. Read, Anton Ploeg, Rodney Needham, Nico de Jonge, Rosanne Rutten, Mies Grijns, Ann Laura Stoler, Mies Grijns, Fred R. Myers, H. Dagmar, Colin Renfrew, H.J.M. Claessen, L.B. Venema, Martin van Bruinessen, B.B. Hering, Martin van Bruinessen, B.B. Hering, Martin van Bruinessen, A.M. Hocart, Wouter E.A. van Beek, Henri Maurier, Wouter E.A. van Beek, D.C.L. Schoonoord, R. de Ridder, Edmundo Magaña, P.G. Rivière, Edmundo Magaña, A. de Ruijter, P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Mary F. Somers Heidhues, Yoe-Sioe Liem, N.J.M. Zorgdrager, H. BeachGet full text
Published 1989-01-01
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16by R. de Ridder, Maila Stivens, Karen Portier, Signe Howell, Karen Portier, Serena Nanda, G.J. Abbink, Khin Thitsa, Karen Portier, Dean Peabody, Ype H. Poortinga, Lilly Eversdijk Smulders, Ronald H. Poelmeijer, Ladislav Holy, Rien Ploeg, Nancy L. Hamblin, Rien Ploeg, Durk Hak, Rien Ploeg, James A. Boon, Rien Ploeg, Rubie S. Watson, Frank N. Pieke, R.S. Khare, J.H.B. den Ouden, Imke Swart, Anke Niehof, Rodney Needham, David S. Moyer, Mark S. Mosko, J. Miedema, Steven Piker, C.L.J. van der Meer, R.H. Barnes, Adam Kuper, Jelle Miedema, Simon Kooijman, Kirsten Hastrup, M. Grijns, M. Stiefel, H.J. Duller, P.W. Preston, H.J. Duller, Jarich O. Oosten, H.J.M. Claessen, Patrick Vinton Kirch, H.J.M. Claessen, Dennis Tedlock, R. de Ridder, Dennis Tedlock, G. van Roon, Dietmar Rothermund, Thilo C. Schadeberg, Günter Dabitz, L. van Vroonhoven, Ger van Roon, Wim van Zanten, Nigel PhillipsGet full text
Published 1986-01-01
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