Born in Salina, Kansas, USA
1930-06-25 (age 81 at death)
Died 2012-04-30
From Wikipedia
George Peter Murdock (May 11, 1897 – March 29, 1985) was an American anthropologist who was professor at Yale University and University of Pittsburgh. He is remembered for his empirical approach to ethnological studies and his study of family and kinship structures across differing cultures.
His 1967 Ethnographic Atlas dataset on more than 1,200 pre-industrial societies is influential and frequently used in social science research. He also created the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample with Douglas R. White.
He is also known for his work as an FBI informant on his fellow anthropologists during McCarthyism.
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