Background
Fried, Morton Herbert was born on March 21, 1923 in New York City. Son of Norton and Sally (Solomon) Fried.
Fried, Morton Herbert was born on March 21, 1923 in New York City. Son of Norton and Sally (Solomon) Fried.
Fried attended Townsend Harris High School and then the City College of New New York In the Army, he was sent to Harvard to learn Chinese and he went on to specialize in the anthropology of China, earning his Doctor of Philosophy at Columbia in 1951.
He made considerable contributions to the fields of social and political theory. At City College, he was originally an English major but changed to anthropology. Fried served in the United States. Army during World World War II, after one year of graduate work in anthropology at Columbia.
He did fieldwork in 1947,"48 in Anhwei Province, China, and published his research in The Fabric of Chinese Society (1953).
His Mentors were Julian Steward and Karl Wittfogel. His cohort included Elman Service, Eric Wolf, Sidney Mintz and Stanley Diamond.
His first graduate teaching assistant was Marvin Harris and his first graduate student was Marshall Sahlins. He taught one semester at Yale University during the All Term of He was a visiting Professor at the University of Michigan for one year, 1960-1961.
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Board of directors Social Science Research Council, 1965-1968. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Anthropological Association (member Executive Board 1970-1973), Asian Studies Association, American Ethnological Society (president-elect 1977-1978), American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Martha Nemes, June 22, 1945. Children: Nancy, Elman Steven.