Constellation Similarity Assertions

Read, Margaret.

Margaret Read (1889-1991) was an early woman social anthropologist. She was a pioneer in applying social anthropology and ethnography to the education and health problems of developing countries. Having studied at Newnham College Cambridge, from 1919 to 1924 she undertook missionary social work in Indian hill villages. From 1924-1930 she lectured on international affairs in Britain and the United States. During the 1930s she studied anthropology at the London School of Economics (LSE), did ethnographic field research in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and lectured at LSE. In 1940 Margaret Read was awarded a Chair at the Institute of Education, University of London and became Head of the Department of Education in Tropical Areas, a post which she held until her retirement in 1955. Read was influential in shaping the British Government's attitude to post-war colonial education and was a close personal friend of Sir Christopher Cox at the Colonial Office. After her retirement, she undertook consultancy work, notably for the World Health Organisation and held a number of visiting professorships in Nigeria and the United States.

From the guide to the Papers of Margaret Read, 1900-c.1982, (Institute of Education, University of London)

...

View Constellation

Maybe-Same Assertions

There are 1 possible matching Constellations.

Read, Margaret Helen

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qm2pq0 (person)

Margaret Helen Read (1889-1991) later became a professor From the guide to the Margaret Read papers, 1915-1918, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

Compare