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Gender:
Male
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Birth:
29 August 1925(Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA)
Death:
4 July 1974
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Education:
University of Chicago
The details
Biography

Lloyd Ashton "Tom" Fallers, Jr. (August 29, 1925 – July 4, 1974) was the A. A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of anthropology and sociology at the University of Chicago. Fallers' work in social and cultural anthropology focused on social stratification and the development of new states in East Africa (especially Buganda) and Turkey.