George Wynn Brereton Huntingford (19 November 1901 – 19 February 1978) was an English linguist,

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and historian. He lectured in East African languages and cultures at SOAS, University of London from 1950 until 1966.George Wynn Brereton Huntingford
Archives Hub In 1966, Huntingford went to Canada to organise the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Brunswick at

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, and retired to

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the next year, where he lived after his retirement.

Bibliography

* * ''The Northern Nilo-Hamites'' (1953) * ''The Southern Nilo- Hamites'' (1953) * ''The Galla of Ethiopia'' (1955) * Correspondence, seminar papers and reports relating to the history, languages and culture of the peoples of East Africa, collected by G.W.B. Huntingford are held b
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1901 births 1978 deaths Academics of SOAS University of London Linguists from the United Kingdom British anthropologists People from Newton Abbot 20th-century anthropologists 20th-century linguists British expatriates in Spain {{UK-historian-stub