Background

Appell, George Nathan was born on August 8, 1926 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis Jacob and Helen (Pfaltzgraff) Appell.

Education

AB, Harvard College, 1949. Master of Business Administration, Harvard College, 1952. AM, Harvard University, 1957.

Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, 1966.

Career

Research associate Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1978. Collaborator Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1986-1987. President Borneo Research Council, Phillips, Maine, since 1986.

Project director Sabah (Malaysia) Oral Literature Project, since 1986. Senior research associate Brandeis University, Waltham, since 1979. Fieldwork among the Rungus of Sabah, 1959-1960, 61-63, 86, 90, 92, Bulusu Dayak & Punan of Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia, 1980-1981.

Achievements

• George Nathan Appell has been listed as a noteworthy social anthropologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • MODERNIZATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF A LANDLESS PEASANTRY: ESSAYS ON THE INTEGRATION OF PERIPHERIES TO SOCIOECONOMIC CENTERS (A New Copy)
  • The Societies of Borneo. Explorations in the Theory of Cognatic Social Structure
  • Societies of Borneo Explorations in the Theory of Cognatic

Membership

Fellow Borneo Research Council. Member Maine Sociological Association (president 1973-1974), Northeast Anthropol. Association (president 1976-1977), Fund for Astrophysical Research (president 1966-1970).

Connections

Married Laura Wolcott Reynolds, May 25, 1957. Children: Laura Parker Appell Warren, Amity Cheney Pfaltzgraff Appell Doolittle, Charity Reynolds Appell Wheelock.

Father:

Louis Jacob Appell

Mother:

Helen (Pfaltzgraff) Appell

Spouse:

Laura Wolcott Reynolds

child:

Laura Parker Appell Warren Appell

child:

Charity Reynolds Appell Wheelock Appell

child:

Amity Cheney Pfaltzgraff Appell Doolittle Appell