Audrey Richards
British anthropologist
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Audrey Isabel Richards, CBE, FRAI, FBA, was a pioneering British social anthropologist. She produced notable ethnographic studies. The most famous of which is Chisungu: A Girl's initiation ceremony among the Bemba of Zambia. Wikipedia
Born: July 8, 1899, London, United Kingdom
Died: June 29, 1984 (age 84 years), Midhurst, United Kingdom
Known for: Anthropology of Ritual, Anthropology of Nutrition, African Studies, Interdisciplinary Anthropology
Parents: Henry Erle Richards and [Mary] Isabel Butler
