Fredrik Barth
Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (22 December 1928 – 24 January 2016) was a Norwegian social anthropologist. He published several ethnographic books with a clear formalistic view. He was born in Leipzig.
He was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University. He had previously been a professor at the University of Oslo, the University of Bergen, Emory University and Harvard University.[1][2] He started the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen.
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[3]
Barth died in Oslo, Norway on 24 January 2016 at the age of 87.
References
- ↑ Rosvold, Knut A.. Fredrik Barth Biography (in Norwegian) (2012-08-09)Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ↑ Siverts, Henning. Fredrik Barth Extended Biography (in Norwegian) (2009-02-13)Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ↑ Fredrik BarthAcademia Europaea.
Other websites
- Los grupos étnicos y sus fronteras. Introducción Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Los Pathanes: su identidad y conservación Archived 2005-12-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Barth, Fredrik (born 1928) - Entry in the AnthroBase Online Dictionary of Anthropology
- video interview of Fredrik Barth from Alan Macfarlane's FILMS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND OTHER "ANCESTORS" Archived 2021-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- "Overview: Sixty Years in Anthropology" by Fredrik Barth[dead link]
- Bergen Open Research Archive[dead link]