Barbara Freire-Marreco
Barbara Freire-Marreco (1879–1967) was an English anthropologist and folklorist. She was a member of the first class of anthropology students to graduate from Oxford in 1908.[1]
Biography
She was born to a family of St Mawes in Cornwall, originally from Portugal, and spent her childhood in Horsell, Surrey. Barbara married Robert Aitken during World War I, meeting while they were employed at the War Trade Intelligence Department. They eventually moved to the county of Hampshire.
Her works were inspired by the lectures of
Folklore Society from 1926 was preceded by articles in its journal, for which she continued to contribute 'Scraps of English folklore', correspondence, and a 1959 study of "processes of localization and relocalization" of folklore.[2]
The results of her fieldwork on the
Smithsonian's Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians.[2]
References
- ISBN 0826310877.
- ^ a b c Petch, Alison. "Barbara Freire-Marreco (Mrs Robert Aitken)". 'The Other Within' project. Pitt Rivers Museum. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- A Life Well Led: The Biography of Barbara Freire-Marreco Aitken, British Anthropologist (2008) by Mary Ellen Blair ISBN 9780865344969
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