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Anthropology: One-man multidisciplinarian

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Clare Pettitt reassesses the legacy of Victorian polymath Richard Francis Burton.

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  1. Clare Pettitt is professor of nineteenth-century literature and culture at King's College London. She is the author of Dr Livingstone, I Presume? and many articles about exploration and travel in Victorian print culture.,

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Pettitt, C. Anthropology: One-man multidisciplinarian. Nature 525, 319–320 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/525319a

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