American anatomist who isolated four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1922). American swimmer who competed in three Olympic games (1988, 1992, and 1996), winning four gold medals and one silver. A peak, 4,350.5 m (14,264 ft) high, of north-central Colorado in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. American photographer noted for his studies of architecture and for his images of the rural South during the 1930s. American jazz pianist known for his lyrical style. He recorded with Miles Davis and Charles Mingus and formed his own trio in 1959. Marian Evans Mary Ann Evans Evans Bill William John Evans Evans Dame Edith Mary Evans Frederick Henry Evans George Henry Evans Maurice Herbert Evans Oliver Evans Sir Arthur John Evans Walker Evans Pritchard Sir Edward Evan Hughes Charles Evans Salisbury Harrison Evans
born Sept. 21, 1902, Crowborough, Sussex, Eng. died Sept. 11, 1973, Oxford, Oxfordshire British social anthropologist. The most influential British social anthropologist since Bronisaw Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, Evans-Pritchard succeeded the latter at Oxford University (1946), where he served as mentor to a generation of students. His studies of African systems of belief, witchcraft, religion, politics, and oral tradition remain foundational to the study of African societies and non-Western systems of thought. Among his major works are Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (1937), The Nuer (1940), and (with Meyer Fortes) African Political Systems (1940)
British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941) United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)