Andrew Jamieson Strathern (19 January 1939 – 1 April 2026)Penn Forest Natural Burial Park was a British anthropologist.
Life and career Strathern earned a doctorate at the University of Cambridge. He taught at the University of Pittsburgh where he served as the Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology.
He was married to Pamela J. Stewart, a fellow anthropologist employed at Pitt. A collection of their joint work is held at the University of Pittsburgh as the Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern Archive, and at the University of California, San Diego, as the Strathern (Andrew) and Pamela J. Stewart Photographs and Audiorecordings. Alternate link Strathern was a fellow of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. He was previously married to Marilyn Strathern.
On 21 September 2026, it was announced that Strathern had died in Pittsburgh. He was 87.
Selected publications
Reviews include:
Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela, et al. (2017), Oceania:An Introduction to the Cultures and Identities of Pacific Islanders. 2nd ed. Carolina Academic Press.
References
External links Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Recordings From the Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Photographs and Audiorecordings. MSS 477. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.