. . "1964Z"^^ . "1902Z"^^ . . . . "1902-08-29Z"^^ . "1964-02-22Z"^^ . . . "British anthropologist" . . "Verrier Elwin (29 August 1902 \u2013 22 February 1964) was an English self-trained anthropologist, ethnologist and tribal activist, who began his career in India as a Christian missionary. He was a controversial figure who first abandoned the clergy, to work with Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian National Congress, then converted in Hinduism in 1935 after staying a Gandhian ashram, split with the nationalists over what he felt was an overhasty process of transformation and assimilation for the tribals."@en . "Elwin, Verrier"@en .