Edward Burnett Tylor information

Sir
Edward Burnett Tylor
FRAI
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor FRAI
	Edward Burnett Tylor
Born	2 October 1832; Camberwell, London, England
Died	2 January 1917 (aged 84); Wellington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Known for	Cultural evolutionism
	Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	University of Oxford

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor FRAI (2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917) was an English anthropologist, and professor of anthropology.^[1]

Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell. He believed that there was a functional basis for the development of society and religion, which he determined was universal. Tylor maintained that all societies passed through three basic stages of development: from savagery, through barbarism to civilization.^[2] Tylor is a founding figure of the science of social anthropology, and his scholarly works helped to build the discipline of anthropology in the nineteenth century.^[3] He believed that "research into the history and prehistory of man [...] could be used as a basis for the reform of British society."^[4]

Tylor reintroduced the term animism (faith in the individual soul or anima of all things and natural manifestations) into common use.^[5] He regarded animism as the first phase in the development of religions.

^ "Tylor, Edward Burnett". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1785.
^ Long, Heather. "Social Evolutionism". University of Alabama Department of Anthropology. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
^ Paul Bohannan, Social Anthropology (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969)
^ Lewis, Herbert S (1998). "The Misrepresentation of Anthropology and its Consequences". American Anthropologist. 100 (3): 716–731. doi:10.1525/aa.1998.100.3.716. JSTOR 682051.
^ "Animism", Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed 2 October 2007.

[1] "Tylor, Edward Burnett". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1785.

[2] Long, Heather. "Social Evolutionism". University of Alabama Department of Anthropology. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[Paul-3] Paul Bohannan, Social Anthropology (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969)

[Lewis-4] Lewis, Herbert S (1998). "The Misrepresentation of Anthropology and its Consequences". American Anthropologist. 100 (3): 716–731. doi:10.1525/aa.1998.100.3.716. JSTOR 682051.

[5] "Animism", Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed 2 October 2007.

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Sir Edward Burnett Tylor FRAI
Edward Burnett Tylor
Born	2 October 1832 Camberwell, London, England
Died	2 January 1917(1917-01-02) (aged 84) Wellington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Known for	Cultural evolutionism
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	University of Oxford

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