Ralph Linton
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Frontispiece of 1958's Ralph Linton, 1893–1953: A Biographical Memoir | |
| Born | February 27, 1893 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 1953 (aged 60) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College University of Pennsylvania Columbia University |
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| Awards | Viking Fund Medal (1951) |
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| Fields | Cultural anthropology |
| Institutions | Field Museum, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia University, Yale University |
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Ralph Linton (27 February 1893 – 24 December 1953) was an American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955). One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role.