Maurice Bloch

Maurice Bloch
Born (1939-10-21) 21 October 1939
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics

Maurice Émile Félix Bloch (born 21 October 1939) is a British anthropologist. He is famous for his fieldwork on the shift of agriculturalists in Madagascar, Japan and other parts of the world, and has also contributed important neo-Marxian work on power, history, kinship, and ritual.