Research Guides: Biographies: Anthropologists

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Gale Directory Library: Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexed resources on where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
Gale In Context: Biography
Includes biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Gale eBooks
Full-text articles from biographical encyclopedias.

Fifty Key Anthropologists by Gordon, Robert J.
Call Number: GN20 .F54 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology.

Anthropology News Obituary In Memoriam
From the American Anthropological Association
Filmed Interviews with Leading Figures
By Alan MacFarlane, Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and a Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Biographies: A Selection of Biographies of Influential Anthropologists
By Richard Wilk, Anthropology Department, Indiana University Bloomington.
Biographical Memoirs
Brief biographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members, written by those who knew them or their work.