The Making of British Anthropology, 1813-1871

“Sera-Shriar provides certain insights into the development of observational methods in Victorian anthropology, which correct some misunderstandings” – George Baca, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Efram Sera-Shriar is a historical anthropologist who specializes in Victorian science. He is associate professor in English studies at the University of Copenhagen, where he teaches the history and culture of the English-speaking world. Sera-Shriar is the author of Psychic Investigators: Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age and The Making of British Anthropology, 1813–1871 and senior editor for The Correspondence of John Tyndallseries.