Robert Henry Codrington

Robert Henry Codrington ( born September 15, 1830 in Wroughton, Wiltshire, † September 11, 1922 ) was an Anglican priest and anthropologist, of which the first study of Melanesian society and culture comes from. His work is still regarded as a classic of ethnography.

Works

The Melanesians. Oxford 1891

  • Anthropologist
  • Anglican cleric (19th Century )
  • Anglican cleric ( 20th century)
  • Ethnologist
  • Christianity in Melanesia
  • Born in 1830
  • Died in 1922
  • Man
Church of England
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