Lorimer Fison
Lorimer Fison
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1884.06.10 proposed as Corresponding Member
1888.11.13 proposed as Hon. Member
death noted in the report of the council for 1907: The Reverend Lorimer Fison, who died on December 29th, was well-known as an active contributor to Australasian anthropology. After some years of missionary work in Fiji he went to Australia, where the rest of his life was spent. He was a contributor to Morgan's Systems of Consanguinity, and subsequently contributed a number of papers to the Institute's Journal, some in collaboration with Mr. A. W. Howitt. He was also the author, with Mr. Howitt, of Kamilaroi and Kurnai, and shortly before his death had produced Tales from Old Fiji.
Notes From Elsewhere
Wesleyan missionary in Fiji
Lorimer Fison (9 November 1832 – 29 December 1907) was an Australian anthropologist, Methodist minister and journalist.
Publications
External Publications
Tales from Old Fiji
House Publications
[Australian Marriage Laws] JAI v. 9 1880
Notes on Fijian Burial Customs. JAI v. 10 1881
Land Tenure in Fiji. JAI v. 10 1881
On Fijian Riddles. JAI V. 11 1882
From Mother-Right to Father-Right [with A.W. Howitt] JAI v. 12 1883
The Nanga, or Sacred Stone Enclosure, of Wainimala, Fiji. JAI v. 14 1885
On the Deme and the Horde. [with A.W. Howitt] JAI v. 14 1885
Further Notes on the Australian Class Systems
[with A.W. Howitt] JAI v. 18 1889
The Classificatory System of Relationship
JAI v. 24 1895