Melford E. Spiro

Melford E. Spiro is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, where he founded the anthropology department in 1968. Before that he taught at Harvard University where he founded the anthropology department. Among his works are Gender and Culture, Oedipus in the Trobriands, and Culture and Human Nature.

Melford E. Spiro is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, where he founded the anthropology department in 1968. Before that he taught at Harvard University where he founded the anthropology department. Among his works are Gender and Culture, Oedipus in the Trobriands, and Culture and Human Nature. See less