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FOUNDER OF THE BERGEN SCHOOL OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Social anthropologist Fredrik Barth established a strong research environment at UiB, and became the university’s first professor from the social sciences.
Social anthropologist Fredrik Barth dead at 87 (27.01.2016)
Fredrik Barth was considered the most renowned social anthropologist from Norway, and founded the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen (UiB).