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Leach, Edmund Ronald, 1901 - 1989 (anthropologist)

 Person

Dates and places

1910-1989 KCC Fellow 1960-89; Provost, 1966-78

Legal status / Nationality

British

Sphere of activity

Anthropologist, Provost of King's

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Humanists: 'The Cambridge Humanists and the BBC'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HUM
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises documents related to the Cambridge Humanists and their deputation to the BBC to argue the case for a Humanist presence on the air.

Dates: 1955 - 1979
 Fonds

Leach: The Papers of Edmund Ronald Leach

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/ERL
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Leach's published and unpublished writings, research papers relating to his fieldwork in China, Botel Tobago, Burma, Ceylon, India and Nepal, and papers concerning his academic career.

Dates: 1822 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access: The majority of the Leach papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment only. In view of its sensitivity, some material is reserved. There is no access to such material for the time being.

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