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Ruth Benedict
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American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948)
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Ruth Benedict was an author who wrote 74 works, including *Conference on science, philosophy and religion*, *Folklore*, *Watthanatham læ phrưttikam kh ̜ōng Thai*, *An Anthropologist at work*, and *The races of mankind*. She also used the pseudonym "Anne Singleton".
Born on 5 June 1887, she died on 17 September 1948. Her contributions were recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 June 1887
- Died
- 17 September 1948
- Works
- 74
Top works
- Conference on science, philosophy and religion
- Folklore
- Watthanatham læ phrưttikam kh ̜ōng Thai
- An Anthropologist at work
- The races of mankind
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,950x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,205x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,903x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
· 2020 · cited 14,077x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- The New School
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Franz Boas
- Student of
- Franz Boas
- Field of work
- social anthropology
- Image
- Ruth Benedict.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
Show 16 more facts
- date of birth
- 1887-07-05
- date of death
- 1948-09-17
- member of
- American Anthropological Association
- birth name
- Ruth Fulton
- pseudonym
- Anne Singleton
- archives at
- Library of Congress
- name
- Ruth Benedict
- name in native language
- Ruth Benedict
- student
- Frederica de Laguna
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Ruth Benedict
- medical condition
- deafness
- writing language
- English language
- unmarried partner
- Margaret Mead
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
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Encyclopedic overview
Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist.
She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons, she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where she studied under Franz Boas. She received her Ph.D. and joined the faculty in 1923. Margaret Mead, with whom she shared a romantic relationship, Marvin Opler, Ruth Landes, and Vera D. Rubin were among her students and colleagues.
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