Malinowski, BronislawAnthropologist, writer and lecturer. Born in Cracow, Poland in 1884. Completed his university studies in Cracow, Jagiellonian University of Cracow awarded him degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Studied also at the University of London from which he received degree of Doctor of Science. Lecturer of economics at the London School of Economics, 1913-24. Professor of Anthropology in the University of London, from 1924 to 1939. Travelled extensively in Australia, New Guiana, Melanesia, Mexico, and other countries in search of scientific knowledge. Invited as visiting professor of anthropology by numerous universities in Europe and also in America. Member of the Polish Academy and also member of various educational societies in Poland and abroad. Author of numerous books and monographs published mostly in English. Among the most popular and widely known of his books are: "The Family Among the Australian Aborigines," "Argonauts of the Western Pacific," "Science, Religion and Reality," "Myth in Primitive Psychology," "Crime and Custom in Savage Society" and many others. When the II World War broke out, Professor Malinowski was in America. He accepted an offer from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., and was appointed by that university as Professor of Anthropology. Was elected first President of the Board of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences when it was organized in 1942. Died May 16, 1942. Left many unpublished manuscripts which are being prepared for publication through the efforts of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943