Edith Turner (anthropologist), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edith Turner (anthropologist)

anthropologist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1921

Date of Death: 18-Jun-2016

Profession: anthropologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Edith Turner (anthropologist)

  • Edith Turner (June 17, 1921 – June 18, 2016) was an English-American anthropologist, poet, and post-secondary educator.
  • The spouse of anthropologist Victor Witter Turner ("Vic"; 1920–1983), "Edie" Turner was accomplished in her own right.
  • In addition to collaborating with her husband on a number of early socio-cultural research projects concerning healing, ritual and communitas, she continued to develop these topics following his death in 1983, especially communitas.
  • Edith Turner contributed to the study of humanistic anthropology and was a dedicated social activist her entire life.

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