Background
Dumont was born in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Dumont was born in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
He was an associate professor at Oxford University during the 1950s, and director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales ) in Paris. A specialist on the cultures and societies of India, Dumont also studied western social philosophy and ideologies.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.