Mary Douglas

Mary Douglas
Born
Margaret Mary Tew

(1921-03-25)25 March 1921
Died16 May 2007(2007-05-16) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Known forPurity and Danger, Natural Symbols, Cultural theory of risk
AwardsFBA, CBE, DBE
Scientific career
FieldsSocial anthropology, Comparative religion
InstitutionsUniversity College London, Russell Sage Foundation, Northwestern University, Princeton University
Doctoral advisorE. E. Evans-Pritchard

Dame Mary Douglas, DBE FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion.[1][2]

  1. ^ Fardon, Richard (2018). Immortality yet? Or, the permanence of Mary Douglas. Anthropology Today, 34.4, August, 23–26.
  2. ^ Martin, Douglas (22 May 2007). "Dame Mary Douglas, 86, a Wide-Ranging Anthropologist, Is Dead". The New York Times.