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| first_name = Edwin Oliver | | first_name = Edwin Oliver | ||
| name = James | | name = James | ||
| − | | honorific_prefix = | + | | honorific_prefix = Prof.; Rev. |
| − | | honorific_suffix = | + | | honorific_suffix = DLitt PhD DD FSA |
| image = File:James,_Edwin_Oliver.jpg | | image = File:James,_Edwin_Oliver.jpg | ||
| birth_date = 1888 | | birth_date = 1888 | ||
| death_date = 1972 | | death_date = 1972 | ||
| − | | address = Dovedale, Wytgham Street, Oxford | + | | address = Dovedale, Wytgham Street, Oxford<br />St Peter's Vicarage, Limehouse, E14 [1917]<br />Holy Trinity Vicarage, Reading [1921]<br />St Thomas's Vicarage, Reading [1923]<br />St Thomas's Vicarage, Oxford [1925]<br />Prof. of the History and Philosophy of Religion, The University, Leeds [1933]<br />Newlands, Crawley Ridge, Camberley, Surrey [1949] |
| − | | occupation = | + | | occupation = anthropologist<br />academic<br />church |
| elected_ESL = | | elected_ESL = | ||
| elected_ASL = | | elected_ASL = | ||
| − | | elected_AI = 1915 | + | | elected_AI = 1915.03.11 |
| elected_APS = | | elected_APS = | ||
| elected_LAS = | | elected_LAS = | ||
| membership = ordinary fellow | | membership = ordinary fellow | ||
| − | | left = | + | | left = 1972 deceased |
| clubs = | | clubs = | ||
| − | | societies = | + | | societies = Society of Antiquaries<br />Prehistoric Society<br />Folklore Society |
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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=== House Notes === | === House Notes === | ||
| − | + | 1915.02.23 nominated; proposed by R.R. Marett, seconded by R.R. Williamson<br /><br />1972.07 death noted | |
=== Notes From Elsewhere === | === Notes From Elsewhere === | ||
Edwin Oliver James (1888 – 1972) was an anthropologist in the field of comparative religion. He was Professor Emeritus of the History and Philosophy of Religion in the University of London, Fellow of University College London and Fellow of King's College London. During his long career he had been Professor of History and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Leeds, Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Wilde Lecturer at the University of Oxford.<br /><br />James received his education at Exeter College, Oxford and at University College London, where he studied under the noted egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.<br /><br />(Additional information from the back flap of James' The Ancient Gods (1960) - David W. Daniels) | Edwin Oliver James (1888 – 1972) was an anthropologist in the field of comparative religion. He was Professor Emeritus of the History and Philosophy of Religion in the University of London, Fellow of University College London and Fellow of King's College London. During his long career he had been Professor of History and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Leeds, Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Wilde Lecturer at the University of Oxford.<br /><br />James received his education at Exeter College, Oxford and at University College London, where he studied under the noted egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.<br /><br />(Additional information from the back flap of James' The Ancient Gods (1960) - David W. Daniels) | ||
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| Prof.; Rev. Edwin Oliver James DLitt PhD DD FSA | |||||||||
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| Born | 1888 | ||||||||
| Died | 1972 | ||||||||
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Dovedale, Wytgham Street, Oxford St Peter's Vicarage, Limehouse, E14 [1917] Holy Trinity Vicarage, Reading [1921] St Thomas's Vicarage, Reading [1923] St Thomas's Vicarage, Oxford [1925] Prof. of the History and Philosophy of Religion, The University, Leeds [1933] Newlands, Crawley Ridge, Camberley, Surrey [1949] | ||||||||
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anthropologist academic church | ||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1915.02.23 nominated; proposed by R.R. Marett, seconded by R.R. Williamson
1972.07 death noted
Notes From Elsewhere
Edwin Oliver James (1888 – 1972) was an anthropologist in the field of comparative religion. He was Professor Emeritus of the History and Philosophy of Religion in the University of London, Fellow of University College London and Fellow of King's College London. During his long career he had been Professor of History and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Leeds, Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Wilde Lecturer at the University of Oxford.
James received his education at Exeter College, Oxford and at University College London, where he studied under the noted egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
(Additional information from the back flap of James' The Ancient Gods (1960) - David W. Daniels)
Publications
External Publications
Evolution and the Fall (1923)
The Beginnings of Man (1928)
The Christian Faith in the Modern World. A Study in Scientific Theology.
A History of Christianity in England
Christian Myth And Ritual: A Historical Study (1933)
Origins of Sacrifice: A Study in Comparative Religion (1933)
Thieves of Mercy (1934) poems
The Old Testament in the Light of Anthropology (1935)
The Origins of Religion (1937)
Comparative Religion: An Introductory and Historical Study (1938)
Primitive Belief and Ritual
The Social Function of Religion (1948)
The Concept of Deity. The Wilde Lectures (1950)
Marriage and Society (1952)
History of Religions (1956)
Prehistoric Religion: A Study in Prehistoric Archaeology. (1957)
Myths and Ritual in the Ancient Near East (1958)
The Beginnings of Religion: An Introductory & Scientific Study (1958)
The Cult of the Mother Goddess: An Archaeological and Documentary Study (1959)
The Comparative Study of Religions of the East (Excluding Christianity and Judaism).
The Ancient Gods: The History and Diffusion of Religion in the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean (1960)
Nature and Function of Priesthood: A Comparative and Anthropological Study (1961)
Seasonal Feasts and Festivals (1961)
Sacrifice and Sacrament (1962)
The Worship of the Sky-God, A Comparative Study in Semitic and Indo-European Religion (1963)
Marriage Customs Through the Ages (1965)
From Cave to Cathedral : Temples and Shrines of Prehistoric, Classical and Early Christian Times (1965)
The Tree of Life: An Archaeological Study (1966)
Christianity and other religions (1968)
Creation and Cosmology: a historical and comparative inquiry (1969)
House Publications
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