Lloyd Ashton "Tom" Fallers, Jr. (August 29, 1925 – July 4, 1974) was the A. A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of

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. Fallers' work in

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and cultural anthropology focused on social stratification and the development of new states in East Africa (especially Buganda) and

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