Sir James Frazer

In class today, we spoke a bit about Sir James Frazer, the anthropologist who wrote the Golden Bough, inspired by the Aeneid. He, in turn, inspired Weston to write Ritual to Romance, which is depicted in Eliot's work. Since he was such an influential guy, I thought it'd be interesting to learn a bit more about his life. Here are a few facts about him:

- In 1907, he became a professor of social anthropology at Liverpool. He returned to Cambridge after one session and stayed there indefinitely.
- He went to the University of Glasgow for undergraduate studies and Cambridge following.
- He deemed religion and science mutually exclusive.
- His father was a pharmacist.
- He originally was more focused on the classics rather than anthropology, but his friend, William Robertson Smith, helped him to focus his interest elsewhere while they were studying at Cambridge.

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