E. E. Evans-Pritchard

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Sir E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Born	Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard (1902-09-21)21 September 1902 Crowborough, East Sussex, England
Died	11 September 1973(1973-09-11) (aged 70) Oxford, England
Nationality	English
Known for	Evans-Pritchard's theories of religion Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
Children	Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Thesis	The social organization of the Azande of the Bahr-el-Ghazal province of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1928)
Notable students	M. N. Srinivas Talal Asad Mary Douglas Audrey Colson John Francis Marchment Middleton Steven Lukes André Singer

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Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard FBA FRAI (21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973) was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. He was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1946 to 1970.