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Alan Macfarlane: Works, Career & Art

Alan Donald James Macfarlane FBA FRHistS (born 20 December 1941) is a British anthropologist and historian, and a Professor Emeritus of King's College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 20 books and numerous articles on the anthropology and history of England, Nepal, Japan and China. He has focused on comparative study of the origins and nature of…

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Alan Macfarlane topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Career and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Alan Macfarlane.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
60
Extracted relationships
8
Related term clusters
21
Bridge connections
60

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Career · 22 topics
Literary works and collaborations · 13 topics
Early life · 9 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Publications · 5 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Known for
The Origins of English Individualism
Alma mater
Worcester College, University of Oxford (BA, MA, DPhil) London School of Economics and Political Science (MPhil) School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD)
Born
(1941-12-20) 20 December 1941 (age 84) Shillong, Colonial Assam, British India
Doctoral advisor
Keith Thomas
Fields
Anthropology History
Thesis
Witchcraft prosecutions in Essex, 1560–1680 (1967)

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Publications

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How Alan Macfarlane connects Entity context

The extracted context around Alan Macfarlane shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Alan Macfarlane → Worcester College, University of Oxford (BA, MA, DPhil) London School of Economics and Political Science (MPhil) School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD) Another extracted example is Alan Macfarlane → (1941-12-20) 20 December 1941 (age 84) Shillong, Colonial Assam, British India. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Alan Macfarlane

Top relations

Alma mater · 1
Alan Macfarlane → Worcester College, University of Oxford (BA, MA, DPhil) London School of Economics and Political Science (MPhil) School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD)
Born · 1
Alan Macfarlane → (1941-12-20) 20 December 1941 (age 84) Shillong, Colonial Assam, British India
Doctoral advisor · 1
Alan Macfarlane → Keith Thomas
Fields · 1
Alan Macfarlane → Anthropology History
Known for · 1
Alan Macfarlane → The Origins of English Individualism
Thesis · 1
Alan Macfarlane → Witchcraft prosecutions in Essex, 1560–1680 (1967)
Website · 1
Alan Macfarlane → alanmacfarlane.com
Workplaces · 1
Alan Macfarlane → King's College, University of Cambridge

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Important terminology

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Alan Macfarlane relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 8 structured relationships around Alan Macfarlane. Examples in this analysis include Alan Macfarlane → Alma mater → Worcester College, University of Oxford (BA, MA, DPhil) London School of Economics and Political Science (MPhil) School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD) and Alan Macfarlane → Born → (1941-12-20) 20 December 1941 (age 84) Shillong, Colonial Assam, British India. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Alan MacfarlaneAlma materWorcester College, University of Oxford (BA, MA, DPhil) London School of Economics and Political Science (MPhil) School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD)1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneBorn(1941-12-20) 20 December 1941 (age 84) Shillong, Colonial Assam, British India1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneDoctoral advisorKeith Thomas1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneFieldsAnthropology History1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneKnown forThe Origins of English Individualism1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneThesisWitchcraft prosecutions in Essex, 1560–1680 (1967)1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneWebsitealanmacfarlane.com1.00infobox
Alan MacfarlaneWorkplacesKing's College, University of Cambridge1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Alan Macfarlane bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Work, Research and School. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Rivers
    • Publishing
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    • University
    • Cambridge
    • History
    • Chinese
    • Press
    • Translated
  • anthropology
    • University
    • Historical
    • School
    • Nepal
    • Family
    • Life
    • London
    • England
    • History
    • British
    • Cambridge
    • Assam
  • worcester college, university of oxford
    • King's
    • Press
    • University
    • School
    • History
    • Cambridge
    • Life
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    • Isbn
    • Oxford
    • Nepal
    • Assam
  • university of cambridge
    • Rivers
    • Publishing
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    • Mars
    • University
    • King's
    • College
    • Chinese
    • Translated
    • Historical
    • London
  • world oral literature project
    • Modern
    • Making
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    • Isbn
    • Available
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    • History
    • Chinese
    • Page
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    • Rivers
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    • World
    • Mars
    • Oxford
    • Modern
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    • Available
  • Alan Macfarlane
    • Work
    • Research
    • School
    • Modernity
    • Oxford
    • Modern
    • World
    • Available
    • Nepal
    • Social
    • Isbn
    • Press
  • alan macfarlane
    • Work
    • Research
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    • Modernity
    • Oxford
    • Modern
    • World
    • Available
    • Nepal
    • Social
    • Isbn
    • Press

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Alan Macfarlane, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Alan Macfarlane with Career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Alan Macfarlane — Career · splits 38 ⟂ 23
Alan Macfarlane — Literary works and collaborations · splits 47 ⟂ 14
Alan Macfarlane — Early life · splits 51 ⟂ 10
Alan Macfarlane — Overview · splits 54 ⟂ 7
Alan Macfarlane — Publications · splits 55 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Alan Macfarlane

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples8
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Alan Macfarlane to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Career & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Alan Macfarlane · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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