Ralph Piddington
Ralph O'Reilly Piddington (19 February 1906 – 8 July 1974) was a New Zealand psychologist, anthropologist and university professor.He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1906, the son of Albert and Marion O'Reilly.[1] However, when he raised the issue of racial discrimination towards indigenous peoples he was censured by the Australian National Research Council.[2] However, before he left he encouraged Kenneth Little to take over his position, which lead to the formation of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.Sidey Medal, an award presented at irregular intervals for "outstanding scientific research", by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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