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Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah | |
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| Born | 16 January 1929 British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| Died | 19 January 2014 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater | University of Ceylon Cornell University |
| Awards | Balzan Prize (1997) Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (1998) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social anthropologist |
| Institutions | S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia University of Ceylon University of Cambridge University of Chicago Harvard University |
| Doctoral students | Chris Fuller |
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| Anthropology of religion |
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| Social and cultural anthropology |
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (16 January 1929[1] – 19 January 2014)[2] was a social anthropologist[3] and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at Harvard University.[4] He specialised in studies of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tamils, as well as the anthropology of religion and politics.
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