Camilla Wedgwood
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The Honourable Camilla Wedgwood |
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| Born |
Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood 25 March 1901 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Died | 17 May 1955 (aged 54) Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Orme Girls' School Bedales School |
| Alma mater |
Bedford College, London Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Parent(s) | Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood and Ethel Bowen Wedgwood |
Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood (25 March 1901 - 17 May 1955) was a British anthropologist and academic administrator. She is best known for her research in the Pacific and her pioneering role as one of the British Commonwealth's first female anthropologists.
Wedgwood was born on 25 March 1901 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Her father was Josiah Wedgwood later the first Baron Wedgwood. Her mother, Ethel Bowen Wedgwood, was the daughter of a Lord Justice of Appeal, Charles Bowen. She was a member of the extensive Wedgwood family. Her parents separated in 1914 and divorced in 1919.
Wedgwood was educated at two independent schools: Orme Girls' School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and at Bedales School in Steep, Hampshire. She studied at Bedford College, London and at Newnham College, Cambridge. At the University of Cambridge, she studied for both the English and anthropology Tripos. She completed both, leaving with first class honours but no degree (women were not awarded degrees by Cambridge until 1948). She was awarded Master of Arts status by Cambridge in 1927. She studied under Bronisław Malinowski at Bedford College and Alfred Cort Haddon at Cambridge.
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