E. O. James

Edwin Oliver James ( born March 30, 1888 in London, † 6 July 1972) was a British anthropologist with the emphasis on the history of religion and comparative religion.

Life

James studied at Exeter College, Oxford and University College London, here at the archaeologist and Egyptologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie. He first struck a theological career. Regardless, he continued his religious history and anthropological studies. In 1928 he received his first teaching position at the University of Cambridge. His academic career took him, among others, to the University of Leeds, where he was professor of history and philosophy of religion. He was a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Wilde Lecturer at the University of Oxford. In 1955 he became Professor Emeritus at the University of London and then devoted himself exclusively to his research.

Were the basis for his scientific work and his extensive research trips in the early and pre-historically important areas of the Dordogne, the Ariège, Pyrenees, Brittany and Ireland. In prehistoric Spain, on the Aegean islands and in the area of the eastern Mediterranean, he gained on these trips material for his publications.

Honors and Awards

Writings

  • German by Karl- Otto von Czernicki: the religions of the past. DuMont, Cologne 1957.
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