Quote by: Edward Burnett Tylor

Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdward Burnett Tylor
  • DescriptionEnglish anthropologist
  • AliasesE. B. Tylor; E. B. T.; Sir Edward Burnett Tylor; Edward B. Tylor
  • BornOctober 2, 1832
  • DiedJanuary 2, 1917
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAnthropologist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society