Lorna Marshall
Lorna Marshall (born September 14, 1898 in Morenci , Arizona, † July 8, 2002 in Peterborough , New Hampshire) was an American ethnologist . She researched the life of the San in the Kalahari . Her daughter Elizabeth Marshall Thomas also published on this culture.
Life
Marshall graduated from the University of California in 1921 with a bachelor's degree and a Master of Arts from Radcliffe College in 1928 . In 1951 she and her family visited the Nyae Nyae tribe in the Kalahari, which at that time was largely isolated.
Works
- ǃKung Bushman Religious Beliefs. In: Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 32, No. 3, July 1962, pp. 221-252.
- !Kung of Nyae Nyae . Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1975
- Nyae Nyae !Kung Belief and Rites . Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge 1999
literature
Sonja Speeter-Blaudszun: The expeditions of the Marshall family. An investigation into the ethnographic research into the Nyae Nyae !Kung . 2004
Web links
- Lorna Marshall, 103, Early Scholar on Africa's Bushmen
- Lorna Marshall (b. 1898 in Arizona; d. July 8, 2002 in Peterborough NH)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Marshall, Lorna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morenci , Arizona , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2002 |
| Place of death | Peterborough , New Hampshire , United States |