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date: 18 October 2019

Seligman, Charles Gabriellocked

(1873–1940)
  • F. J. West

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Seligman, Charles Gabriel (1873–1940), ethnologist, was born in London on 24 December 1873, the only child of Hermann Seligmann (1835–1889)—the final ‘n’ of the family name was dropped in 1914—a rich wine merchant, and his wife, Olivia Mendez da Costa. After uncongenial schooldays at ...

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Trinity College, Cambridge
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society
Cambridge University Library
British Library of Political and Economic Science
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