Jean Comaroff

American anthropologist
Person human Q6170456

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[15]
Date of birth
July 22, 1946
Place of birth
Edinburgh
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Doctoral student
Filipe Calvao[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Family name
Comaroff[17]
Given name
Jean[18]
Imported from
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🏷️ Also known as
cs Jean Comaroff uk Жан Комарофф zh 珍·可馬洛夫
🔖 Identifiers · 33
VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
130111937
FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007259923405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810619043305606
National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073660396
Open Library ID
OL893624A
Parsifal cluster ID
28766
Persée author ID
12174
RERO ID (legacy)
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
251727
Tabakalera ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Summary

Born in Edinburgh[1], she… she was born on July 22, 1946[2]. She worked as an anthropologist[3] and university teacher[4].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include anthropology[8], an academic discipline[20]; sociology[9], an academic discipline[21]; African studies[10], an academic discipline[22]; and African-American culture[11], a cultural identity[23].

FAQs

Where was Jean Comaroff born?

Born in Edinburgh[1].

Who was Jean Comaroff married to?

Jean Comaroff's spouses include John Comaroff[5].

What did Jean Comaroff do for work?

Jean Comaroff worked as anthropologist[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Jean Comaroff go to school?

Jean Comaroff was educated at University of Cape Town[13].

What awards did Jean Comaroff receive?

Honors received include Gordon J. Laing Award[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . uchicago.edu. uchicago.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . catalog.lib.uchicago.edu. catalog.lib.uchicago.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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