Warner, William Lloyd (1898 - 1970)

Summary

William Warner worked in north-east Arnhem Land during 1927-1929, based at Milingimbi Methodist Mission. He became celebrated for his exposition of the system of kinship and marriage among the various clans of his so-called Murngin people. His findings stimulated the 'Murngin controversy', a voluminous dialogue to which distinguished anthropologists still contribute.

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Chronology

1925

Education - Educated University of California, Berkeley (AB)

1925 - 1926

Career position - Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, University of Sydney

1927 - 1929

Award - Australian National Research Council Fellowship

1929 - 1935

Career position - Lecturer in Anthropology, Sociology and Social Ethics at Harvard University, USA

1935 - 1941

Career position - Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, USA

1941 - 1959

Career position - Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago

1946

Career position - Founded Social Research Inc. - a motivational research firm

1959 -

Career position - Professor of Social Research at Michigan State University, USA

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hamby, Louise, 'The Reluctant Collector: Lloyd Warner' in The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections, Peterson, Nicolas, Allen, Lindy and Hamby, Louise, eds (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2008), pp. 355-82. Details
• Mulvaney, D. J., 'Warner, William Lloyd (1898-1970), anthropologist and sociologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 386-387. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120434b.htm. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q721643. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/41854653. Details
• 'Warner, W Lloyd (1898-1970)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1007058. Details