Dhirendra Nath Majumdar
Dhirendra Nath Majumdar , also Dhīrendranātha Majūmadāra ( Bengali ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ মজুমদার Dhīrendranāth Majumadār ; born June 3, 1903 in Patna ; † May 31, 1960 in Lucknow ), was an Indian social scientist.
Life
Majumdar was the second son of Kushum Kumari and Rebati Mohan Majumdar, a Zamindar from a village near Dhaka . He studied at the University of Calcutta and Cambridge . On April 1, 1960 he became Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh , India.
Publications (selection)
- An Introduction to Social Anthropology. Asia Publ. House, 1957.
- Social Contours of an Industrial City: Social Survey of Kanpur, 1954-56. Greenwood Press Reprint, Facs. ed., 1975. ISBN 978-0-83716762-6 .
- Himalayan polyandry. London 1962.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vijay Shankar Upadhyay, Gaya Pandey: History Of Anthropological Thought , p. 422
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Majumdar, Dhirendra Nath |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | মজুমদার, ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ (Bengali); Majumadār, Dhīrendranāth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1960 |
| Place of death | Lucknow |