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James Frazer

Sir James George Frazer
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Sir James George Frazer
Born (1854-01-01)1 January 1854
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died 7 May 1941(1941-05-07) (aged 87)
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Nationality Scottish
Fields Social anthropologist
Alma mater University of Glasgow (MA 1874)
Known for Research in mythology and comparative religion
Influenced Jack Goody, Ross Nichols
Notable awards Order of Merit
Fellow of the Royal Society

Sir James George Frazer OM FRS FRSE FBA (/ˈfrzər/; 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. He is often considered one of the founding fathers of modern anthropology.

His most famous work, The Golden Bough (1890), documents and details the similarities among magical and religious beliefs around the globe. Frazer posited that human belief progressed through three stages: primitive magic, replaced by religion, in turn replaced by science.

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Daniel F. Frazer, a chemist, and his wife, Katherine Brown.

Frazer attended school at Springfield Academy and Larchfield Academy in Helensburgh. He studied at the University of Glasgow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours in Classics (his dissertation was published years later as The Growth of Plato's Ideal Theory) and remained a Classics Fellow all his life. From Trinity, he went on to study law at the Middle Temple, but never practised.


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