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(1901-1978) Writer, anthropologist. Margaret Mead was a professor at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Margaret Mead

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1901

BIRTH

Margaret Mead was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1901.

1923

OTHER

Margaret Mead received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York in 1923.

1928

LITWORK

Coming Of Age In Samoa

0-688-05033-6
Nonfiction.

1929

OTHER

Margaret Mead received her M.A. in 1924 and her Ph.D. in 1929 from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

1930

LITWORK

Growing Up In New Guinea

0-688-17811-1
Nonfiction.

1932

LITWORK

The Changing Culture Of An Indian Tribe


Nonfiction.

1935

LITWORK

Sex And Temperament In Three Primitive Societies


Nonfiction.

1942

LITWORK

Balinese Character


Nonfiction.

1949

LITWORK

Male And Female: A Study Of Sexes In A Changing world

0-688-14676-7
Nonfiction.

1954

OTHER

Margaret Mead was a professor at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, beginning in 1954.

1956

LITWORK

New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation in Manus, 1928-1953


Nonfiction.

1959

LITWORK

People and Places


A book for young readers.

1964

LITWORK

Continuities in Cultural Evolution


Nonfiction.

1972

LITWORK

Blackberry Winter

0-317-60065-6
Memoir.

1978

DEATH

Margaret Mead died at New York Hospital in Manhattan, New York, in 1978.

1978

INTERMENT

Margaret Mead was interred in Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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