Sol Tax
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Sol Tax (30 October 1907 – 4 January 1995) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for creating action anthropology and his studies of the Meskwaki, or Fox, Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding the academic journal Current Anthropology. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1935 and, together with Fred Eggan, was a student of Alfred Radcliffe-Brown.
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Born | (1907-10-30)30 October 1907 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | 4 January 1995(1995-01-04) (aged 87) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin (Ph.B, 1931)[1] University of Chicago (Ph.D, 1935)[1] |
Known for | Fox Indians |
Awards | Viking Fund Medal (1961) Bronislaw Malinowski Award (1977) |
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Fields | anthropology |
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