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Marie Margaret Keesing | |
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| Born | 1 December 1904 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 13 July 1961 Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Spouse | Felix M. Keesing |
Marie Margaret Keesing (née Martin; 1 December 1904 – 13 July 1961) was an anthropologist and educator with strong ties to the Pacific. With a degree in anthropology from the University of New Zealand, she spent most of her working life in the United States, where she worked closely with her husband, a fellow New Zealander and renowned anthropologist Felix Maxwell Keesing. She published a number of works, and co-authored several significant books with her husband, including Taming Philippine Headhunters: a Study of Government and of Cultural Change in Northern Luzon (1934) and Elite Communication in Samoa: A Study of Leadership (1956).