Author:Robert Ranulph Marett

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Robert Ranulph Marett (1866–1943)

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British ethnologist; exponent of the British evolutionary school, he dealt with religious ethnology; President of the Société Jersiaise

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "R. R. M."

Works

• "Obituary: Edmund Toulmin Nicolle," in The Times (1929)
• "Prayer," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Religion," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Primitive Religion)
• "Ritual," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Contributions to Folk-Lore

• "Andrew Lang: Folklorist and Critic" in Folk-Lore, 23 (1912), pp. 363−366
• "Presidential Address: War and Savagery" in Folk-Lore, 26 (1915), pp. 10−27
• "Presidential Address: The Transvaluation of Culture" in Folk-Lore, 29 (1918), pp. 15−33
• Review of W. H. F. Basevi’s The Burial of the Dead. in volume 31 (1920) pp. 161–163
• Review of W. McDougall’s The Group Mind in volume 31 (1920) pp. 250–253
• Review of Edward Clodd’s Magic in Names and in Other Things in volume 31 (1920) pp. 331–333

Works about Marett

• "Marett, Robert Ranulph," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.