Alfred Cort Haddon

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Alfred Cort Haddon
Alfred Cort Haddon
Alfred Cort Haddon
Born May 24, 1855
Died April 20, 1940
Nationality United Kingdom
Fields anthropology
Influenced Caroline Furness Jayne

Alfred Cort Haddon (May 24, 1855-April 20, 1940) was an influential British anthropologist. Initially a biologist, he did field work with his daughter Kathleen by the Torres Strait. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been an undergraduate, and effectively founded a school of anthropology. He influenced Caroline Furness Jayne.

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