FREEDMAN, Maurice, 1920-1975, anthropologist c1940-c1970

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FREEDMAN, Maurice, 1920-1975, anthropologist c1940-c1970

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Freedman, Maurice, 1920-1975

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Professor Maurice Freedman, 1920-1975, was educated at Hackney Downs school and took a shortened two year degree in English at Kings College London in order to enter the army. He served in the Royal Artillery from 1941 to 1945, three years of which were spent in India. In 1946, he entered the Anthropology Department of the London School of Economics, where he became interested in social anthropology. His main interest was the study of Chinese society, a subject on which he produced many works, s...