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James George Frazer
1941May, 7

James George Frazer

James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
Sir James George Frazer (; 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.

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