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Ralph Linton  

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  • Ralph Linton (1893–1953), an American anthropologist, Curator of Ethnology at the Field Museum of Chicago, and President of the American Anthropological Association, is best known for his contributions to culture and personality theory and for books aimed at both popular and professional audiences. Biographical Sketch Several important dimensions of Ralph Linton's early life affected his scholarship in a number of interesting ways. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Linton, Ralph]

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