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Adam Kuper

British anthropologist
Person human Q4679378

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
December 29, 1941
Place of birth
Johannesburg
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[6]
Occupation
anthropologist, university teacher
Employer
University College London, Leiden University, Brunel University London, Leiden University[9][10][11]
Field of work
anthropologist[8]
Educated at
University of Cambridge, University of the Witwatersrand, King's College, Parktown Boys' High School[12][13][14][15]
Award received
Huxley Memorial Medal[16]
Child
Simon Kuper[5]
Official website
www.lse.ac.uk[23]
Doctoral student
Alan Barnard[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Family name
Kuper[20]
Given name
Adam, Jonathan[21][22]
Member of
Academia Europaea[17]
Native language
English[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Adam Jonathan Kuper en Adam Kuper en A.J. Kuper ar آدم جوناثان كوبر nl A.J. Kuper nl A. Kuper ru Адам Купер ru Купер, Адам zh 亞當·庫帕
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000120989002
VIAF cluster ID
7404374
Library of Congress authority ID
n50058264
GND ID
128568283
AE member ID
Kuper_Adam
Angelicum ID
39671
BHCL UUID
d93d7ddc-36b5-4355-9fef-0aeec40a598a
BIBSYS ID
90125732
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12025943t
CANTIC ID
981058512897606706
CONOR.SI ID
6117987
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12091815
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Canal-U person ID
kuper-adam-028420772
CiNii Research ID
1140563741683478528
DDB person (GND) ID
128568283
EGAXA ID
vtls002248629
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
5551
FAST ID
18411
Freebase ID
/m/056wpk
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kuper-adam-bd94f7
IdRef ID
028420772
KBR person ID
14750338
LRB contributor ID
adam-kuper
Leidse Hoogleraren ID
897
Libraries Australia ID
36070139
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00396885
NDL Authority ID
00743123
NL CR AUT ID
vse2008445684
NLA Trove people ID
1206426
NSK (VIAF) ID
000001831
NSK ID
981005657202909366
NUKAT ID
n96344198
National Library of Greece ID
71858
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000065958
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007264040005171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200006675
National Library of Latvia ID
000010861
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*165195;=BN
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810596253505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX913708
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069987319
Open Library ID
OL20614A
Parsifal cluster ID
201199
Persée author ID
27912
RedBA Granada authority ID
43187
SHARE Catalogue author ID
143565
SNAC ARK ID
w6pb09vd
UOM ID
86788
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058512897606706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1248690
Who's Who UK ID
U23469
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfxctgBxFCW8QBGb8VjYP
Yale LUX ID
person/c691782a-cef2-4106-b729-4fbb6d0df237

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 3
University of Cambridge, University of the Witwatersrand, King's College
Employer 3
Leiden University, University College London, Brunel University London
Given name 2
Adam, Jonathan
Occupation 2
anthropologist, university teacher
Award received 1
Huxley Memorial Medal
Child 1
Simon Kuper
Children (paternal) 1
Simon Kuper
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Field of work 1
anthropologist
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Academia Europaea
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Johannesburg
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Adam Kuper was born on December 29, 1941[1], in Johannesburg[2]. He has worked as an anthropologist[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Adam Kuper born?

Adam Kuper's place of birth was Johannesburg[2].

What did Adam Kuper do for work?

Adam Kuper worked as an anthropologist[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Adam Kuper go to school?

Adam Kuper was educated at University of Cambridge[12], University of the Witwatersrand[13], King's College[14], and Parktown Boys' High School[15].

What awards did Adam Kuper receive?

Honors received include Huxley Memorial Medal[16].

Related Entities

Kingdom of the Netherlands Leiden University University of the Witwatersrand

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . bigenc.ru. bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . therai.org.uk. therai.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . sps.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved . sps.ed.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . www.ae-info.org. wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Who's Who UK ID → U23469
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  2. 20w ago · Duncan.Hull · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/adam-kuper
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/adam-kuper"
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