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Robert Briffault
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Robert Briffault (1876 - 11 December 1948) was a French novelist, social anthropologist and surgeon.
He was born in Nice, France, and received his MB ChB from the University of Dunedin in New Zealand in 1905 and commenced medical practice. His book on the troubadours helped popularize the theory that they were heavily influenced by the poetry and music of Muslim Spain. Briffault debated marriage with Malinowski in the 1930s. He died in Hastings, England.
Briffault is the author of several books, including:
- The Making of Humanity
- Psyche's Lamp
- The Decline and Fall of the British Empire
- Breakdown: The Collapse of Traditional Civilization
- Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions (1927)
- Europa (1936)
- Europa: The Days of Ignorance (novel); a best selling book in the United States in 1935
- Europa in Limbo (novel)
- Marriage Past and Present
- Sin and Sex
- Les Troubadours et le sentiment romanesque (1945), rev. tr. as The Troubadours (1965)
Asked how to pronounce his name, Briffault told The Literary Digest: "Should be pronounced bree'-foh, without attempting to give it a French pronunciation." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
