Sir Edward Burnett Tylor: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
R.R. Marett, Tylor (1936), a biography, also contains an account of Tylorâs contribution to anthropology. G. Elliot Smith, âEdward Burnett Tylor,â in H.J. and Hugh Massingham (eds.), The Great Victorians (1932), contains a biographical essay and critical assessment, particularly of Tylorâs ideas on invention and the diffusion of culture. Godfrey Lienhardt, âEdward Tylor,â in Timothy Raison (ed.), The Founding Fathers of Social Science (1969), is a short essay on Tylorâs life and work that attempts to assess his influence in contemporary social anthropology. Anthropological Essays Presented to Edward Burnett Tylor in Honour of His 75th Birthday, Oct. 2nd 1907, with a bibliography by Barbara W. Freire Marreco (1907), is a Festschrift with essays on ethnological themes by a number of Tylorâs contemporaries; the bibliography is indispensable for students of Tylorâs work.
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| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 28, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Gifford Lectures - Biography of Edward Burnett Tylor. | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Alabama - Department of Religious Studies - Biography of Edward Burnett Tylor. | Dec 21, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pitt Rivers Museum - Biography of Edward Burnett Tylor. | Sep 07, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Encyclopedia - Biography of Sir Edward Burnett Tylor. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Minnesota State University - Biography of Edward Tylor. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 12, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |