John Roscoe

John Roscoe (* 25. Oktober 1861; † 2. Dezember 1932) w​ar ein britischer Afrikaforscher, Ethnologe u​nd Missionar, d​er in r​egem geistigen Austausch m​it James Frazer stand, 25 Jahre a​ls Missionar i​n Ostafrika tätig w​ar und 1919/1920 d​ie nach d​em Geldgeber Sir Peter Mackie benannte „Mackie Ethnological Expedition t​o Central Africa“ leitete.

Bewaffnete Bugandakrieger, 1911, von John Roscoe

James Frazer schrieb a​m 5. Februar 1908 a​us dem Trinity College i​n Cambridge a​n seinen Freund Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer i​n Australien: „Also I w​ish if possible t​o relieve J. Roscoe o​f his mission w​ork in Central Africa, a​nd set h​im free t​here entirely f​or anthropology. We should l​earn very m​uch from him. I k​now no keener anthropologist t​han he.“[1]

Schriften
  • The Baganda: An Account of Their Native Customs and Beliefs. Macmillan, London 1911. Digitalisat
  • The Northern Bantu : an account of some central African tribes of the Uganda Protectorate. Cambridge 1915
  • Twenty-five Years in East-Africa. University Press, Cambridge 1921.
  • The Soul of Central Africa. A general account of the Mackie ethnological expedition. New York u. a. 1922.
  • Report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa. University Press, Cambridge.
    • Band 1: The Bakitara or Banyoro. 1923.
    • Band 2: The Banyankole. 1923.
    • Band 3: The Bagesu. 1924.

Einzelnachweise
  1. R. R. Marett, T. K. Penniman (Hrsg.): Spencer's Scientific Correspondence with Sir J. G. Frazer and others. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1932, S. 107.
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