Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
PROFESSOR E. O. JAMES I888-1972 Edwin Oliver James, doyen of British scholars in the field of the history of religions, died in hospital on 6 July 1972 after a motor car accident at the age of 84 years. Educated at University College School he started his academic career as a chemist, but quite soon turned to anthropology, which he read at Exeter College, Oxford, under the late R. R. Marett; and later he researched for his Ph.D. degree at University College, London, under the late Sir VV. Flinders Petrie. About this time he was also associated with Elliott Smith and W. J. Perry, whose controversial pan-Egyptian diffusionism he was never entirely happy with and of which Petrie strongly dis- approved. James rarely adopted a doctrinaire position, but was content to present different scholars' theories and suggest a mid-way assess- ment. Always a devout and faithful Churchman of the older Anglo- Catholic school, he was ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Ripon in igi2, and served in a number of English parishes as far afield as Yorkshire, the East End of London and the Thames Valley for over twenty years. During this period he began his voluminous
Numen – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1972
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.