Edvard Westermarck
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1862-11-20 ) 20 November 1862, Helsinki , Finland
- Died
- 3 September 1939 (1939-09-03) (aged 76), Tenala , Finland
- Alma mater
- University of Helsinki
- Known for
- Westermarck effect , First rector of Åbo Akademi University , First professor of sociology in England, Ethical relativism
- Fields
- Sociology , social anthropology , philosophy
- Institutions
- London School of Economics , University of Helsinki , Åbo Akademi University
- Doctoral students
- Ragnar Numelin , Rafael Karsten , Gunnar Landtman , Hilma Granqvist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edvard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Place of death
- Tenala
- Sibling
- Helena Westermarck
- Occupation
- essayist
- Educated at
- University of Helsinki
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- sexology
- Image
- Edward westermarck.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- date of birth
- 1862-11-20
- date of death
- 1939-09-03
- Commons category
- Edvard Westermarck
- birth name
- Edvard Alexander Westermarck
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- writing language
- English language
- professorship
- professor
- ethnic group
- Finland Swedes
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Encyclopedic overview
Portrait of Westermarck Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 – 3 September 1939) was a Finnish social anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher. He was the most internationally prominent Finnish scholar of his time, known for his work on the history of marriage and the origin of moral ideas. He was the first to lecture on sociology in both England and the Nordic countries, and held professorships at the London School of Economics, the University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University, where he also served as the first rector. He is perhaps best remembered today for the Westermarck effect, the hypothesis that children raised in close proximity develop a natural aversion to sexual relations with each other. His scholarly interest in human sexuality and marriage has been linked by some biographers to his own presumed homosexuality.
In the UK, his name is often spelled Edward. His sister, Helena Westermarck, was a writer and artist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edvard Westermarck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.