Ralph Linton

Ralph Linton
Frontispiece of 1958's Ralph Linton, 1893–1953: A Biographical Memoir
Born	(1893-02-27)February 27, 1893 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1953(1953-12-24) (aged 60) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania Columbia University
Known for	The Study of Man (1936) The Tree of Culture (1955)
Awards	Viking Fund Medal (1951)
Scientific career
Fields	Cultural anthropology
Institutions	Field Museum, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia University, Yale University

Ralph Linton (27 February 1893 – 24 December 1953) was an American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955). One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role.