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Robert F. Murphy | |
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Died | October 8, 1990 | (aged 66)
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1968) |
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Discipline | Anthropology |
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Notable students | Ashraf Ghani |
Robert Francis Murphy (March 3, 1924 – October 8, 1990) was an American anthropologist and professor of anthropology at Columbia University[1] in New York City, from the early 1960s to 1990. His field work included studies of the Munduruku (Mundurucu) people of the Amazon and the Tuareg people of the Sahara.