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Jack Goody

Sir John Rankine Goody FBA (27 July 1919 – 16 July 2015) was an English social anthropologist. He was a prominent lecturer at Cambridge University, and was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology from 1973 to 1984.

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Alma mater
University of Oxford · St John's College, Cambridge
Born
John Rankine Goody (1919-07-27)27 July 1919 Hammersmith, England
Died
16 July 2015(2015-07-16) (aged 95) Cambridge, England
Discipline
Anthropology
Doctoral advisor
Meyer Fortes
Institutions
St John's College, Cambridge

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Jack Goody → St John's College, Cambridge, University of Oxford
Born · 1
Jack Goody → John Rankine Goody (1919-07-27)27 July 1919 Hammersmith, England
Died · 1
Jack Goody → 16 July 2015(2015-07-16) (aged 95) Cambridge, England
Discipline · 1
Jack Goody → Anthropology
Doctoral advisor · 1
Jack Goody → Meyer Fortes
Institutions · 1
Jack Goody → St John's College, Cambridge

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Jack GoodyAlma materUniversity of Oxford1.00infobox
Jack GoodyAlma materSt John's College, Cambridge1.00infobox
Jack GoodyBornJohn Rankine Goody (1919-07-27)27 July 1919 Hammersmith, England1.00infobox
Jack GoodyDied16 July 2015(2015-07-16) (aged 95) Cambridge, England1.00infobox
Jack GoodyDisciplineAnthropology1.00infobox
Jack GoodyDoctoral advisorMeyer Fortes1.00infobox
Jack GoodyInstitutionsSt John's College, Cambridge1.00infobox
Jack GoodyOther advisorE. E. Evans-Pritchard1.00infobox
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Jack GoodySpousesEsther Newcomb Goody ​ ​(m. 1956, divorced)​1.00infobox
Jack GoodySpousesJuliet Mitchell ​(m. 2000)​1.00infobox
Jack GoodySub-disciplineSocial anthropology1.00infobox

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