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Robert Stephen Briffault (1876 – 11 December 1948) was trained as a surgeon, but found fame as a social anthropologist and later in life as a novelist. == Biography == According to one source, Briffault was born in Nice, France.〔(McMaster University Archives ) Briffault, Robert]〕 According to others he was born in London,〔(Funk & Wagnell's New Encyclopedia 2006 )〕〔(Time Sept 27, 1937 ) Book Review〕 though he spent time in France and elsewhere in Europe following his diplomat father.〔 After the death of his father, Briffault and his Scottish-born mother emigrated to New Zealand. His first wife (m. 1896) was Anna Clarke, with whom he had three children. After her death he married Herma Hoyt (1898-1981), an American writer and translator.〔 Briffault received his MB, ChB from the University of Dunedin in New Zealand and commenced medical practice.〔 After service on the Western Front during World War I (where he was awarded the Military Cross〔), he settled in England〔 where he turned to the study of sociology and anthropology.〔(Physician Writers ) A-C〕 He also lived for some time in the USA,〔(Time Magazine July 18, 1932 ) People〕 and later Paris.〔 Briffault debated the institution of marriage with Bronisław Malinowski in the 1930s〔(Marriage Past and Present: A debate between Robert Briffault and Bronislaw Malinowski ) (1956) edited by Ashley Montagu〕 and corresponded with Bertrand Russell. He died in Hastings, Sussex, England on 11 December 1948.〔〔American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1949), p. 341〕 Asked how to pronounce his name, Briffault told ''The Literary Digest'': "Should be pronounced ''bree'-foh'', without attempting to give it a French pronunciation." 〔Charles Earle Funk, ''What's the Name, Please?'', Funk & Wagnalls, 1936〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Briffault」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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