James George Frazer
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| - | :"The symbolic [[cycle]] of life, [[death]] and [[rebirth]] which [[James George Frazer]] divined behind myths of all pedigrees captivated a whole generation of artists and poets. Perhaps the most notable product of this fascination is [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[The Waste Land]]''. More recently it was an influence on the ending of [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (a copy of ''[[The Golden Bough]]'' figures in one of the final shots of the film)." --S. Stein | ||
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| Sir '''James George Frazer''' ([[January 1]], [[1854]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] – [[May 7]], [[1941]]), was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[social anthropologist]] influential in the early stages of the modern studies of [[comparative mythology]] and [[comparative religion]], best-known for ''[[The Golden Bough]]''. | Sir '''James George Frazer''' ([[January 1]], [[1854]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] – [[May 7]], [[1941]]), was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[social anthropologist]] influential in the early stages of the modern studies of [[comparative mythology]] and [[comparative religion]], best-known for ''[[The Golden Bough]]''. | ||
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Sir James George Frazer (January 1, 1854, Glasgow, Scotland – May 7, 1941), was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of comparative mythology and comparative religion, best-known for The Golden Bough.
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