W. J. Perry

William James Perry (1887–1949), usually known as W. J. Perry, was an academic in cultural anthropology at University College, London.^[1]

Megalith culture, according to him, was transmitted to the rest of the world from Egypt.

He was a convinced hyperdiffusionist and collaborated with Grafton Elliot Smith. He was also interested in the history of religion. His daughter, a chemist, Margaret, married the eminent physiologist, Professor Robert Harkness.

• The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia (1918)^[2]
• The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia (1918)
• The Children of the Sun (1923)
• The Children of the Sun: a Study in the Early History of Civilization (London: Methuen, 1923); alternate title: The Children of the Sun: A Study of the Egyptian Settlement of the Pacific^[3]
• The Origin of Magic and Religion (1923)
• The Growth of Civilization (1924)
• Gods and Men: The Attainment of Immortality (1927)
• The Primordial Ocean: An Introductory Contribution to Social Psychology (1935)

• 1887 births
• 1949 deaths
• Academics of University College London
• Hyperdiffusionism
• 20th-century British anthropologists
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