Edvard Westermarck

Edvard Westermarck
Born(1862-11-20)20 November 1862
Helsinki, Finland
Died3 September 1939(1939-09-03) (aged 76)
Tenala, Finland[1]
NationalityFinnish
Known forWestermarck effect
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
Portrait of Westermarck

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 in Helsinki – 3 September 1939 in Tenala)[2] was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist.[3] Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo.

  1. ^ Hertzberg, Lars. "WESTERMARCK, Edvard" (in Swedish). Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Edvard Westermarck". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4841-1416928957447.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Edward Alexander Westermarck: 1862-1939". American Journal of Sociology. 45 (3): 452–452. 1939. ISSN 0002-9602.