Background
Burridge, Kenelm Oswald Lancelot was born on October 31, 1922 in Malta. Son of William and Jane (Cassar-Torregiani) Burridge.
Burridge, Kenelm Oswald Lancelot was born on October 31, 1922 in Malta. Son of William and Jane (Cassar-Torregiani) Burridge.
Diploma in anthropology, Exeter College, Oxford University, England, 1949. Bachelor, Exeter College, Oxford University, England, 1948. Bachelor of Letters, Exeter College, Oxford University, England, 1950.
Master of Arts, Exeter College, Oxford University, England, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, 1953.
Scholar Australian National University, 1951-1954. Research fellow University Malaya, 1954-1956. Professor anthropology University Baghdad, 1956-1958.
University lecturer Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, 1958-1968. Professor anthropology University British Columbia, Vancouver, since 1968, head department anthropology and sociology., 1976-1982.
Served to lieutenant British Navy, World World War World War II. Fellow Royal Society of Canada, Royal Anthropological Institute (honorary). Member Canada Sociological and Anthropological Association, American Anthropological Association, Chicago Ethnology Society.
Married Rosabelle Griffiths, September 1950. 1 child, Julian Langford. Married Anna Wytske Bosgra Emslie, August 1984.