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Pitt-Rivers was a great-grandson of the [[archaeologist]] [[Augustus Pitt Rivers]]. His father was the anthropologist and propertied [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocrat]] [[George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers]] and his mother, [[Emily Rachel Forster]], was an actress and daughter of the [[Governor-General of Australia|governor-general of Australia]], [[Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster|the 1st Baron Forster]]. Through his work as an ethnographer of empathic considerations for cultural diversity, he rebelled against his father. George Pitt-Rivers was, at one point, a [[Oswald Mosley|Moselyite]] [[eugenics|eugenicist]] who was interned by the British government in the early years of [[World War II]].<ref name="ODNB-George">{{cite web|title=Rivers, George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-(1890–1966)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=29 November 2012|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101075512/George-Lane-Fox-Pitt-Rivers}}</ref>
'''Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers''' (16 March 1919 – 12 August 2001) was a British [[social anthropologist]], an [[ethnographer]], and a professor at universities in three countries.<ref name="ODNB-Julian">{{cite web|title=Rivers, Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-(1919–2001) |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=29 November 2012|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101076137/Julian-Pitt-Rivers}}</ref>


==Family background==
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Pitt-Rivers attended [[Eton College]] and [[Worcester College, Oxford]]. He received his doctorate in 1953, which was derived from his fieldwork in [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]], that led to his publication of the classic anthropological text ''The People of the Sierra'' in 1954. The introduction was provided by his Oxford professor, [[E. E. Evans-Pritchard]]. He taught at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and the [[University of Chicago]] in the [[United States]]. In addition, he taught at the [[London School of Economics]] and several universities in [[France]], including the [[École Pratique des Hautes Études]] in [[Paris]] in what would later become the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]].
Pitt-Rivers was a great-grandson of the [[archaeologist]] [[Augustus Pitt Rivers]]. His father was the anthropologist and propertied [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocrat]] [[George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers]] and his mother, [[Mary Hinton (actress)|Mary Hinton]], was an actress and daughter of the [[Governor-General of Australia|governor-general of Australia]], [[Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster|the 1st Baron Forster]]. His parents divorced in 1930, and through his father's second marriage (1931–1937) he gained as his stepmother Dr [[Rosalind Pitt-Rivers]], an eminent biochemist. He had two brothers, one by each of his father's marriages. His elder brother [[Michael Pitt-Rivers|Michael]] inherited their father's substantial estates, and in the 1950s was caught in a legal case which contributed to national debate. His younger half-brother Anthony was born in 1932. After the war, his father fell in love with [[Stella Lonsdale]]; she changed her name to his, but they never married. When George Pitt-Rivers died in 1966, he left much of his fortune to her.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stella Lonsdale|url=http://www.conscript-heroes.com/Art08-Stella-Lonsdale-960.html|website=www.conscript-heroes.com|accessdate=20 December 2017}}</ref>


==Education and scholarship==
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Pitt-Rivers was married three times. His first wife, whom he married on 17 August 1946, was Pauline Laetitia Tennant, daughter of actress [[Hermione Baddeley]] and aristocrat [[Henry Tennant (aristocrat)|Henry Tennant]]. They divorced in 1953. In 1955, he married Margarita Larios y Fernandes de Villavicencio, the former wife of [[Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia|Miguel, duke of Primo Rivera]]; they divorced in 1971. His third wife, whom he married in 1971, was Françoise Geoffroy, who survived him. He had no children. During his last years, he was afflicted by [[dementia]] that set in nearly five years before his death in 2001 and while he was still producing excellent work.<ref>Jonathan Benthall. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35543.ece Professor Julian Pitt-Rivers]. ''[[The Independent]]'', 25 August 2001, obituary. Retrieved 11 November 2007.</ref>
Julian Pitt-Rivers attended [[Eton College]] and [[Worcester College, Oxford]]. Through his work as an ethnographer of empathic considerations for cultural diversity, he rebelled against his father, a [[Oswald Mosley|Mosleyite]] [[eugenics|eugenicist]] who was [[Defence Regulation 18B|interned by the British government]] in the early years of [[World War II]].<ref name="ODNB-George">{{cite web|title=Rivers, George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-(1890–1966)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=29 November 2012|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101075512/George-Lane-Fox-Pitt-Rivers}}</ref>

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Pitt-Rivers received his doctorate in 1953, which was derived from his fieldwork in [[Andalusia]], Spain, that led to his publication of the classic anthropological text ''[[The People of the Sierra]]'' in 1954. The introduction was provided by his Oxford professor, [[E. E. Evans-Pritchard]]. He taught at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and the [[University of Chicago]]. In addition, he taught at the [[London School of Economics]] and several universities in France, including the [[École Pratique des Hautes Études]] in Paris (now the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]]).

==Personal life==
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Pitt-Rivers was married three times. His first wife, whom he married on 17 August 1946, was [[Pauline Tennant|Pauline Laetitia Tennant]], daughter of actress [[Hermione Baddeley]] and aristocrat [[David Tennant (aristocrat)|David Tennant]]. They divorced in 1953. In 1955, he married Margarita Larios y Fernández de Villavicencio, the former wife of [[Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia|Miguel, duke of Primo Rivera]]; they divorced in 1971. His third wife, whom he married in 1971, was [[Françoise Geoffroy]], who survived him. He had no children. During his last years, he was affected by [[dementia]] that set in nearly five years before his death in 2001 and while he was still producing excellent work.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jonathan Benthall |title=Professor Julian Pitt-Rivers |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-julian-pitt-rivers-9153369.html |accessdate=14 November 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=25 August 2001}}</ref>


==Publications==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Benthall, Jonathan. "[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35543.ece Professor Julian Pitt-Rivers]: [Obituary]", [http://www.independent.co.uk/ ''The Independent''], 25 August 2001.
* Benthall, Jonathan. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001032211/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35543.ece Professor Julian Pitt-Rivers]: [Obituary]", [https://www.independent.co.uk/ ''The Independent''], 25 August 2001.
* Corbin, John. "[http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,551848,00.html Julian Pitt-Rivers]: [Obituary]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 14 September 2001.
* Corbin, John. "[http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,551848,00.html Julian Pitt-Rivers]: [Obituary]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 14 September 2001.
* Freeman, Susan Tax. "Julian A. Pitt-Rivers (1919–2001): [Obituary]", ''American Anthropologist''. Vol.&nbsp;106, No.&nbsp;1. (2004), pp.&nbsp;216–218.
* Freeman, Susan Tax. "Julian A. Pitt-Rivers (1919–2001): [Obituary]", ''American Anthropologist''. Vol.&nbsp;106, No.&nbsp;1. (2004), pp.&nbsp;216–218.
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Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
Born(1919-03-16)16 March 1919
Died12 August 2001(2001-08-12) (aged 82)
EducationEton College
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
OccupationAnthropologist
Spouses
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(m. 1946; div. 1953)​
Margarita Larios y Fernández de Villavicencio
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(m. 1955; div. 1971)​
Françoise Geoffroy
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(m. 1971)​
Children0
Parents
RelativesMichael Pitt-Rivers (brother)

Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (16 March 1919 – 12 August 2001) was a British social anthropologist, an ethnographer, and a professor at universities in three countries.[1]

Family background

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Pitt-Rivers was a great-grandson of the archaeologist Augustus Pitt Rivers. His father was the anthropologist and propertied aristocrat George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers and his mother, Mary Hinton, was an actress and daughter of the governor-general of Australia, the 1st Baron Forster. His parents divorced in 1930, and through his father's second marriage (1931–1937) he gained as his stepmother Dr Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, an eminent biochemist. He had two brothers, one by each of his father's marriages. His elder brother Michael inherited their father's substantial estates, and in the 1950s was caught in a legal case which contributed to national debate. His younger half-brother Anthony was born in 1932. After the war, his father fell in love with Stella Lonsdale; she changed her name to his, but they never married. When George Pitt-Rivers died in 1966, he left much of his fortune to her.[2]

Education and scholarship

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Julian Pitt-Rivers attended Eton College and Worcester College, Oxford. Through his work as an ethnographer of empathic considerations for cultural diversity, he rebelled against his father, a Mosleyite eugenicist who was interned by the British government in the early years of World War II.[3]

Pitt-Rivers received his doctorate in 1953, which was derived from his fieldwork in Andalusia, Spain, that led to his publication of the classic anthropological text The People of the Sierra in 1954. The introduction was provided by his Oxford professor, E. E. Evans-Pritchard. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago. In addition, he taught at the London School of Economics and several universities in France, including the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (now the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales).

Personal life

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Pitt-Rivers was married three times. His first wife, whom he married on 17 August 1946, was Pauline Laetitia Tennant, daughter of actress Hermione Baddeley and aristocrat David Tennant. They divorced in 1953. In 1955, he married Margarita Larios y Fernández de Villavicencio, the former wife of Miguel, duke of Primo Rivera; they divorced in 1971. His third wife, whom he married in 1971, was Françoise Geoffroy, who survived him. He had no children. During his last years, he was affected by dementia that set in nearly five years before his death in 2001 and while he was still producing excellent work.[4]

Publications

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  • Pitt-Rivers, Julian. The fate of Shechem:or, The politics of sex: essays in the anthropology of the Mediterranean. Cambridge [Eng.]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
  • Pitt-Rivers, Julian, Ed., Mediterranean countrymen;essays in the social anthropology of the Mediterranean, Paris: Mouton, 1963.
  • Pitt-Rivers, Julian Alfred, The people of the Sierra. Introd. by E. E. Evans-Pritchard. New York: Criterion Books, 1954.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Rivers, Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-(1919–2001)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Stella Lonsdale". www.conscript-heroes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Rivers, George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-(1890–1966)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  4. ^ Jonathan Benthall (25 August 2001). "Professor Julian Pitt-Rivers". The Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

Further reading

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  • Benthall, Jonathan. "Professor Julian Pitt-Rivers: [Obituary]", The Independent, 25 August 2001.
  • Corbin, John. "Julian Pitt-Rivers: [Obituary]", The Guardian, 14 September 2001.
  • Freeman, Susan Tax. "Julian A. Pitt-Rivers (1919–2001): [Obituary]", American Anthropologist. Vol. 106, No. 1. (2004), pp. 216–218.
  • "Julian Pitt-Rivers: Obituary", The Times, 12 September 2001.
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