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Mary Douglas
Born: March 25, 1921
Died: May 16, 2007 (aged 86)
Bio: Dame Mary Douglas was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology.
Known for:
- Purity and Danger (1966)
- Natural Symbols (1970)
- How Institutions Think (1986)
- Risk and Blame (1992)








