Andrew Turton | |
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Born | 1938 |
Died | 13 August 2021 | (aged 82–83)
Nationality | British |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Northern Thai Peasant Society: A Case Study of Jural and Political Structures at the Village Level and Their Twentieth Century Transformations (1975) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Anthropologist |
Institutions | SOAS |
Andrew Turton (1938 – 13 August 2021) [2] was a British anthropologist who specialised on Thailand and the Tai peoples of Southeast Asia. [3]
Turton held the Chair of Anthropology and Chair of the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He lived for many years in Thailand, where he did research, mainly in Northern Thailand, but also in Laos and the Chinese province of Yunnan, where the native areas of several Tai peoples lie. [4] He lived in London until his death in 2021. [1]
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Andrew Turton | |
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Born | 1938 |
Died | 13 August 2021 | (aged 82–83)
Nationality | British |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Northern Thai Peasant Society: A Case Study of Jural and Political Structures at the Village Level and Their Twentieth Century Transformations (1975) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Anthropologist |
Institutions | SOAS |
Andrew Turton (1938 – 13 August 2021) [2] was a British anthropologist who specialised on Thailand and the Tai peoples of Southeast Asia. [3]
Turton held the Chair of Anthropology and Chair of the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He lived for many years in Thailand, where he did research, mainly in Northern Thailand, but also in Laos and the Chinese province of Yunnan, where the native areas of several Tai peoples lie. [4] He lived in London until his death in 2021. [1]
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Journal of Contemporary Asia. 8 (1): 104–142. 1978.
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