James George Frazer

James George Frazer
Sir James George Frazer in 1933
Born(1854-01-01)1 January 1854
Glasgow, Scotland
Died7 May 1941(1941-05-07) (aged 87)
Cambridge, England
Alma mater
Known forResearch in mythology and comparative religion
AwardsOrder of Merit
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsSocial anthropologist
Institutions

Sir James George Frazer OM FRS FRSE FBA[1] (/ˈfrzər/; 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist[2] influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.[3]

  1. ^ a b Fleure, H. J. (1941). "James George Frazer. 1854-1941". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (10): 896–914. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0041. S2CID 161719297.
  2. ^ Josephson-Storm (2017), Chapter 5.
  3. ^ Mary Beard, "Frazer, Leach, and Virgil: The Popularity (and Unpopularity) of the Golden Bough", Comparative Studies in Society and History, 34.2 (April 1992:203–224).