Walter William Skeat (anthropologist)
Walter William Skeat (born October 14, 1866 in Cambridge , England , † July 24, 1953 in London ) was a British anthropologist and colonial administrator with special knowledge of British Malaya. He studied Classical Studies at Cambridge University , where he earned an MA in 1891, and then entered the public service in Selangor , (now Malaysia ). He was the son of the philologist Walter William Skeat , who taught as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge.
His introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula (with the title: Malay Magic , 1900) and the work on their pagan peoples (with the title: Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula , together with Charles Otto Blagden , 1906) are considered ethnographic classics. .
Publications (selection)
- Malay magic: being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula (1900) (digitized version)
- Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula (London, Macmillan and Co., 1906) Digitized Volume 1 , Volume 2
- The Past at Our Doors (1913) (digitized)
- Malay Spiritualism in: Folk-Lore , XIII (1902), pp. 134-165 (digitized version )
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| SURNAME | Skeat, Walter William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British anthropologist and colonial administrator with special knowledge of British Malaya |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1953 |
| Place of death | London |