Alfred Gell, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlfred Gell
British anthropologist
Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1945
Date of Death: 28-Jan-1997
Profession: anthropologist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Alfred Gell
- Alfred Antony Francis Gell, (; June 12, 1945 – January 28, 1997) was a British social anthropologist whose most influential work concerned art, language, symbolism and ritual.
- He was trained by Edmund Leach (MPhil, Cambridge University) and Raymond Firth (PhD, London School of Economics) and did his fieldwork in Melanesia and tribal India.
- Gell taught at the London School of Economics, among other places.
- He was also a Fellow of the British Academy.
- He died of cancer in 1997, at the age of 51.
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