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History of Anthropology NewsletterVolume 4Issue 1 1977 Article 121-1-1977Anarchy Brown's School Days: CambridgeAnthropology in 1904George W. Stocking Jr.This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/han/vol4/iss1/12For more information, please contact repository@pobox.upenn.edu.11 Professor Peter Slater's proposed study, "Franz Boas and the American Physical Character" (cf. HAN, II:l) has been reformulated along broader lines so as to take account of interest in this subject from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The revised working title is "New Bodies for a New World: The Search for the American Physical Type." Professor Slater's Children in the New England Mind: In Death and In Life, a work in family history, will be published this Fall by The Shoe String Press (Archon Books). Professor George Stocking, University of Chicago, is pre-paring a history of the Chicago Department of Anthropology for the occasion of its golden jubilee, February 18, 1979. Professor Ivan Strenski, of the Department of Religious Studies, Connecticut College,is doing research on theories of myth in social anthropology. CLIO'S FANCY--DOCUMENTS TO PIQUE THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION ANARCHY BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS: CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1904. Later in life, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown recalled that he had begun the study of anthropology in 1904 under Rivers, having previously • studied psychology with him for three years as an undergraduate. Al-though other evidence (the published results of Tripos exams) would suggest that Radcliffe-Brown's memory was off by one year, it is none-theless interesting to consider just what sort of anthropological education Cambridge offered in the years when the young man known to his classmates as "Anarchy" Brown was turning from psychology to anthropology. The following announcement, reproduced from the Cambridge University of October 8, 1904, lists the "Lectures Proposed by the Board for Anthropology, 1904-1905" the first year following its establishment (see next page). (G.W.S.) LECTURES PROPOSED BY THE BOARD FOR ANTHROPOLOGY, 1904-1905 Michaelmas Term, 1904 Prof. Ridgeway. (Arch. Mus.) Greek and Roman Religion M. 10, F. 11:15 Ancient Ethnology of Central and Southern Europe Dr. Haddon. (Arch Mus.) Anthropogeography. M. 10, W. 10. The Ethnology of Africa. M. 2:30 Practical Ethnology. Tu. 2:30 Mr. Duckworth. (The Anat. Sch.) Elementary Physical Anthropology. T.Th. 5. Oct. 18. £1. ls. Mr. Rivers. (16 Mill Lane.) Ethnological Work in Experimental Psychology. F. 2:30. Oct. 14 Dr. Hyers. Baron A. von Mr. Johns. The Geography of Western Asia from Inscriptions. F. 8:30 Oct. 14 Elementary Assyriology. W. F. 12. Oct. 12 Mr. Chadwick. The English People in Prehistoric Times .• Th. 3 Mr. Green. Egyptology. Mr. Minns. Ancient Ethnology of Eastern Europe. W. 2:30 .. Lent Term, 1905 The Ethnology of Europe Same continued Social Evolution in Oceania. M.2:30 Same continued Elementary Physical Anthropology. T.Th. 5. Jan. 18. £1. ls. Ethnology: The Melanesian and Polynesian. (Illustrated by the Museum Collections) (Days and hours to be fixed subsequently.) Social Customs of Babylonia Same continued Anglo-Saxon Sociology. Th. 3 of Northern Europe. Easter Term, 1905 The Decorative Art of * Primitive Peoples. M.2:30 Elementary Physical Anthro-pology continued. T. Th. 5 (or 6 p.m.). Ap. 22. £1. ls. The Treatment of Anthropo-metric Data. Tu. 2:30 Same continued Same continued Same continued Same continued *This course will be illustrated by lantern slides and speci-mens. No fee. _,_ 

Anarchy Brown\u27s School Days: Cambridge Anthropology in 1904

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History of Anthropology Newsletter
Volume 4
Issue 1 1977 Article 12
1-1-1977
Anarchy Brown's School Days: Cambridge
Anthropology in 1904
George W. Stocking Jr.
This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/han/vol4/iss1/12
For more information, please contact repository@pobox.upenn.edu.
11 
Professor Peter Slater's proposed study, "Franz Boas and 
the American Physical Character" (cf. HAN, II:l) has been reformulated 
along broader lines so as to take account of interest in this subject 
from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The 
revised working title is "New Bodies for a New World: The Search 
for the American Physical Type." Professor Slater's Children in the 
New England Mind: In Death and In Life, a work in family history, 
will be published this Fall by The Shoe String Press (Archon Books). 
Professor George Stocking, University of Chicago, is pre-
paring a history of the Chicago Department of Anthropology for the 
occasion of its golden jubilee, February 18, 1979. 
Professor Ivan Strenski, of the Department of Religious Studies, 
Connecticut College,is doing research on theories of myth in social 
anthropology. 
CLIO'S FANCY--DOCUMENTS TO PIQUE THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION 
ANARCHY BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS: CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1904. 
Later in life, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown recalled that he had 
begun the study of anthropology in 1904 under Rivers, having previously 
• studied psychology with him for three years as an undergraduate. Al-
though other evidence (the published results of Tripos exams) would 
suggest that Radcliffe-Brown's memory was off by one year, it is none-
theless interesting to consider just what sort of anthropological 
education Cambridge offered in the years when the young man known 
to his classmates as "Anarchy" Brown was turning from psychology to 
anthropology. 
The following announcement, reproduced from the Cambridge 
University of October 8, 1904, lists the "Lectures Proposed 
by the Board for Anthropology, 1904-1905" the first year following 
its establishment (see next page). (G.W.S.) 
LECTURES PROPOSED BY THE BOARD FOR ANTHROPOLOGY, 1904-1905 
Michaelmas Term, 1904 
Prof. Ridgeway. (Arch. Mus.) 
Greek and Roman Religion 
M. 10, F. 11:15 
Ancient Ethnology of Central 
and Southern Europe 
Dr. Haddon. (Arch Mus.) 
Anthropogeography. M. 10, W. 10. 
The Ethnology of Africa. M. 2:30 
Practical Ethnology. Tu. 2:30 
Mr. Duckworth. (The Anat. Sch.) 
Elementary Physical Anthropology. 
T.Th. 5. Oct. 18. £1. ls. 
Mr. Rivers. (16 Mill Lane.) 
Ethnological Work in Experimental 
Psychology. F. 2:30. Oct. 14 
Dr. Hyers. 
Baron A. von 
Mr. Johns. The Geography of Western 
Asia from Inscriptions. F. 8:30 
Oct. 14 
Elementary Assyriology. W. F. 12. 
Oct. 12 
Mr. Chadwick. The English People in 
Prehistoric Times .• Th. 3 
Mr. Green. Egyptology. 
Mr. Minns. Ancient Ethnology of 
Eastern Europe. W. 2:30 
.. 
Lent Term, 1905 
The Ethnology of Europe 
Same continued 
Social Evolution in Oceania. M.2:30 
Same continued 
Elementary Physical Anthropology. 
T.Th. 5. Jan. 18. £1. ls. 
Ethnology: The Melanesian and 
Polynesian. (Illustrated by the 
Museum Collections) (Days and 
hours to be fixed subsequently.) 
Social Customs of Babylonia 
Same continued 
Anglo-Saxon Sociology. Th. 3 
of Northern Europe. 
Easter Term, 1905 
The Decorative Art of * 
Primitive Peoples. M.2:30 
Elementary Physical Anthro-
pology continued. T. Th. 5 
(or 6 p.m.). Ap. 22. £1. ls. 
The Treatment of Anthropo-
metric Data. Tu. 2:30 
Same continued 
Same continued 
Same continued 
Same continued 
*This course will be illustrated by lantern slides and speci-
mens. No fee. _,_ 


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