Walter Roth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Roth

Australian anthropologist

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1861

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1933

Profession: writer, anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Walter Edmund Roth (2 April 1861 – 5 April 1933) was a British colonial administrator, anthropologist and medical practitioner, who worked in Queensland, Australia and British Guiana between 1898 and 1928. Roth and his brother, Henry Ling Roth, are the subject of a joint biography by Russell McDougall & Iain Davidson: The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (2008).