Marguerite Dupire facts for kids
Marguerite Dupire (born October 12, 1920 – died March 4, 2015) was a French ethnologist. An ethnologist is a scientist who studies different cultures and peoples. Marguerite Dupire focused on studying people from Africa. She spent a lot of time researching the Fulani people in countries like Niger, Cameroon, Guinea, and Senegal. Later, she also studied the Serer people in Sine, Senegal, starting in 1965.
Her Life and Studies
Marguerite Dupire was born in 1920. She was a very smart student. In 1943, she earned a degree in philosophy. Philosophy is a way of thinking deeply about life and knowledge.
After that, she continued her education. She studied psychology and ethnology at the University of Paris in France. Psychology is the study of how the mind works. Ethnology, as mentioned, is the study of different cultures.
Marguerite Dupire then traveled to the United States to learn even more. She studied at Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania. There, she learned from famous anthropologists in the late 1940s. Anthropologists are scientists who study human societies and cultures, much like ethnologists. Some of her teachers included Melville Herskovits and Alfred Irving Hallowell.
See also
In Spanish: Marguerite Dupire para niños
