Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer was an Indian

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

and a writer of several books on the subject. He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the University of Madras and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala, a work initiated by his father,

L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer Diwan Bahadur Lakshminarayanapuram Krishna Ananthakrishna Iyer (1861–1937) was an anthropologist of British India. He is known for his work among the hill tribes of the western part of Madras province. Early life Ananthakrishna Iyer was born ...

, himself a noted anthropologist. ''Anthropology in India'', ''Social History of Kerala'', a two-volume historical study and ''The Travancore Tribes and Castes'', a three-volume account of the tribal people of southern Kerala are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to science. His sons, L.K. Ananthakrishnan,L. K. Balaratnam, is also a known anthropologist. Dr L.K. Ramachandran noted Scientist/ Bio-Chemist/> L.K. Padmanabhan His daughters, L.K. Lakshmi, L.K. Kamalam, L.K. Bhagirathy and L.K. Parvathy

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* Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering Year of birth missing Indian anthropologists Indian social sciences writers Scholars from Kerala Malayali people University of Madras faculty 20th-century Indian social scientists 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers {{India-scientist-stub

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