List of Famous people with last name Heritier
Françoise Héritier
First Name Françoise
Last Name Héritier
Born on November 15, 1933
Born in France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Françoise Héritier was a French anthropologist, ethnologist, and feminist. She was the successor of Claude Lévi-Strauss at the Collège de France. Her work dealt mainly with the theory of alliances and on the prohibition of incest. In addition to Lévi-Strauss, she was also influenced by Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. She was replaced by Philippe Descola, who is the current holder of the chair of anthropology at the Collège.
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