Richards, Audrey Isabel (1899-1984)
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British social anthropologist. Ph.D. at London School of Economics under Malinowski, 1929. Fieldwork in East Africa, esp. among Bemba (Zambia). Founded and directed the Centre for African Studies at Cambridge University (1956-67). Influential work on nutrition, gender, psychological anthropology, land use and economic anthropology.