born Oct. 2, 1832, London, Eng.
died Jan. 2, 1917, Wellington, Somerset
British anthropologist, often called the founder of cultural anthropology .
He taught at Oxford University (1884–1909), where he became the first professor of anthropology. His Primitive Culture , 2 vol. (1871), influenced by animism ; sociocultural evolution .
Tylor, detail of a chalk drawing by G. Bonavia; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London