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Allen, Michael
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Dates of existence
11 Nov 1928 -
History
Michael was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney. Born in Ireland, he has a BA from Dublin University and in 1964 was awarded his PhD at the Australian National University for his work on social structures in Vanuatu. His primary research interests were in the anthropology of religion, gender, and ethnography of Vanuatu, India and Ireland.