Malinowski, Bronisław, << `mah` lih NAWF skee, braw NEE slahf >> (1884-1942), was a British anthropologist. He is known for his study of the culture of the peoples of the Trobriand Islands in the southwest Pacific, and for his contributions to theories on human culture.
Malinowski was born on April 7, 1884, in Poland. He taught at the University of London and at Yale University. He wrote Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929), and Coral Gardens and Their Magic (1935). He died on May 16, 1942.
See also Anthropology (The early 1900’s) ; Mythology (Anthropological approaches) .
