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LIEUT.-COMMANDER JOHN RANULPH DE LA HAULE MARETT, R.N., of H.M.S. Glorious, presumed killed in action, was, like his father, Dr. R. R. Marett, rector of Exeter College, Oxford, a student of anthropology, though he approached the subject from a somewhat different angle. Like his father, however, he had a bold pioneer spirit, and was not afraid to collect and review the specialized contributions of many others with the view of showing what came of the synthesis, and what problems were raised in the whole effort to understand man, his race, culture, and environment. Like his father again, he held that all specialized contributions, including his own, must be judged in the light of their relation to the whole complex of studies. Many famous pupils of Dr. Marett will recall this constant attention to great problems and main issues, and those who knew his son, including his former teachers, will remember in him the same flair for formulating and planning the line of approach and possible solution. To the father has been given the fullness of time to show the value of his attitude to life. To the son, this longer time has been denied, but to those who knew his work, there has been ample promise of great fulfilment and much valuable and stimulating achievement.
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PENNIMAN, T. Lieut.-Commander J. R. de la H. Marett. Nature 146, 88 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146088a0
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